Bombay: First stop of our book tour

March 8 – 13, 2024 Here are some impressions of a few events we held. Besides Asha, Priyanka  (15 or 16) and Sachin (15 came to Bombay to be part of the book tour. We’ve chosen them because Priyanka is quite interested to work with kids and she always puts efforts to come front to take […]

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The Janwaar Trilogy

Early in December 2023 I released Skater Girl Asha – the first book of the Janwaar Trilogy (see below). Since 2012 I am extremely involved in India, even though I wasn’t allowed to go there after Covid, my visa applications have been rejected multiple times. Surprisingly this January I was granted a visa and I […]

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Interesse, eine Buchveranstaltung zu organisieren?

FOR THE ENGLISH VERSION PLEASE GO HERE. Im Juni 2024 werde ich in Deutschland sein und stehe für jede Art von Buchveranstaltung rund um das Buch Skater Girl Asha zur Verfügung. Ich werde auf jeden Fall in Berlin, München und Heidelberg sein. Sie können sich ganz einfach mit mir in Verbindung setzen, einfach eine Nachricht […]

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Interested in hosting a book event?

DIE DEUTSCHE VERSION IST HIER. DANKE! From March until May 2024 I will be in India and I am available – together with Asha – for any kind of book event around Skater Girl Asha. For sure we will be im Mumbai, Pune, Panna and Delhi. You can easily connect with me by dropping a […]

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Skater Girl Asha is now availabe as E-Book

The first edition of the softcover is sold out. I’v enow put it on amazon on various national amazon platforms – check out your local platform to find it. Otherwise follow the links below. For Germany go here: Skater Girl Asha on amazon.de In the US go here: Skater Girl Asha on amazon.com It is […]

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Writing Skater Girl Asha

I’ve edited and published quite some books over the last 30 years and I’ve written articles for these books, but Skater Girl Asha is the first one for which I typed every single character on my own. It was quite a process – let me tell you this. Before I dig deeper into my writing […]

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The village Janwaar

Asha was born in this village in the year 1999. When she talks about Janwaar, she always calls it “my village”. She loves it – and I get it why. Janwaar is one of India’s 700.000 villages.
It is a small hamlet in rural Madhya Pradesh.1200 people are living there. The next bigger town is Panna, […]

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The Main Characters

The book has four main characters. Anil Kumar Anil, who just turned 18 years old a few month ago, is the little brother of Arun and the youngest in the family. He is the brightest kid in the village and the best in English. Just like Asha he has passed his high school exams. His […]

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