Ingrid Zellner was born in 1962 in Dachau. She studied Dramatics, Modern German Literature and History in Munich, completing her studies in 1988 with the final exams for the Master’s degree. She worked as a dramaturge for the Municipal Theatre of Hildesheim from 1990 to 1994 and the Bavarian City Opera from 1996 to 2008 in the same function. Ingrid Zellner has published CD booklet texts, articles, short stories and plays, as well as a novel entitled Ein Neues Leben (A New Life) from the Schatten der Vergangenheit (Shadows of the Past) series. Among her interests are the Scandinavian countries and the Artic regions where she spends several weeks a year. Furthermore, she is an avid fan of Hindi films as proven by her extensive DVD collection that includes over 600 Hindi movies. She has written a paper on the history of the Hindi film industry for the India Magazine as well the German subtitles for three out of the four short films (Megha, Omar, Abhimanyu) in the award-winning movie I Am from the Indian director Onir. She is also an active choir member and actress (hugely successful as Solange in Genet’s Die Zofen and as the village judge Adam in Kleist’s Der Zerbrochene Krug). Moreover, Ingrid Zellner is a back-up singer of the Garden Gang rock band and has been the director of a youth theatre ensemble for the past six years. She currently works as Language lecturer and translator (Swedish and English) and runs a website for the Indian actor Sanjay Dutt in German (http://sanjudiwali.blogspot.de/) and in English (www.sanjay-dutt.info ). More Infos about Ingrid and her work: http://www.ingrid-zellner.de

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Previous publications:

Schatten der Vergangenheit - Ein neues Leben (Band I) - Printbook & Ebook

Schatten der Vergangenheit - Rache in Goa (Band II) - Printbook & Ebook

Schatten der Vergangenheit - Familienbande (Band III) - Printbook & Ebook

Shadows of the past - A new life (Volume I) - Printbook & Ebook

Features:

2005 Awardee of the Short Stories Contest "Unerklärliche Erlebnisse" hosted by Magic Buchverlag ("Das leere Weinglas").
2004 Awardee of the Short Stories Contest "Hexen und Zauberer" hosted by Magic Buchverlag ("Blutende Sterne").
2003 Awardee of the Short Stories Contest "Tiergeschichten" hosted by Magic Buchverlag ("Das weiße Rentier").

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