Ursula Poznanski

Ursula Poznanski was born in Vienna and grew up in Perchtoldsdorf[3] and, after completing high school, took courses in Japanese studies, journalism, law and theater studies at the University of Vienna, but did not complete a degree. In 1996 she began working as an editor in a medical publishing house. In 2000, after the birth of her son, she took part in a scriptwriting competition run by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation; her script for a romantic comedy did not win.[4]

In 2001, her first manuscript Buchstabendschungel was accepted by the Austrian publishing house Dachs and was published in 2003.[5] In the following years she released more children's books and worked in parallel on her first young adult novel. However, she found when searching for a publisher that her book did not fit the market requirements. She instead wrote the manuscript for her first youth thriller Erebos , which was published in 2010 by Loewe Verlag.

She lives with her family in the south of Vienna.

• 2005: Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien (Child and Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna) for Die allerbeste Prinzessin
• 2010: Ulmer Unke for Erebos
• 2011: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children´s Literature Award), Jugendjury (Youth Jury) award for Erebos
• 2011: JuBu Buch des Monats (JuBu Book of the Month) for Erebos
• 2012: Kinder-/Jugendhörbuch des Monats (Children's / Young Adult's Book of the Month) for January 2012 for hr2-kultur's Hörbuchbestenliste, 3rd place for Saeculum
• 2012: Saeculum was included in the collection published by Österreichischer Staatspreis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Austrian Children and Youth Book Prize)[6]
• 2016: Hansjörg-Martin-Preis – Kinder- und Jugendkrimipreis (Hansjörg Martin Prize for Child and Youth Crime) for Layers
• 2018: Österreichischer Krimipreis (Austrian Crime Award)[7]

Vanitas series (thriller)

• Vanitas: Schwarz wie Erde. Knaur, München 2019, ISBN 978-3-426-22686-5

Youth thrillers

• Erebos. Loewe, Bindlach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7855-7788-2
• Saeculum. Loewe, Bindlach 2011, ISBN 978-3-7855-7028-9
• Layers. Loewe, Bindlach 2015, ISBN 978-3-7855-8230-5
• Elanus. Loewe, Bindlach 2016, ISBN 978-3-7855-8231-2
• Aquila. Loewe, Bindlach 2017, ISBN 978-3-7855-8613-6
• Thalamus. Loewe, Bindlach 2018, ISBN 978-3-7855-8614-3
• Erebos 2. Loewe, Bindlach 2019, ISBN 978-3-7432-0049-4

Beatrice-Kaspary series (thrillers)

• Fünf. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2012, ISBN 978-3-8052-5031-3
• Blinde Vögel. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2013, ISBN 978-3-8052-5045-0
• Stimmen. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2015, ISBN 978-3-8052-5062-7
• Schatten. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2017, ISBN 978-3-8052-5063-4

Eleria trilogy (dystopian)

• Die Verratenen. Loewe, Bindlach 2012, ISBN 978-3-7855-7546-8.
• Die Verschworenen. Loewe, Bindlach 2013, ISBN 978-3-7855-7547-5.
• Die Vernichteten. Loewe, Bindlach 2014, ISBN 978-3-7855-7548-2.

Children's books

• Theo Piratenkönig. Illustrated by Friedericke Rave. Dachs, Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85191-308-6
• Spanier küssen anders. G&G, Wien 2008, ISBN 978-3-7074-0402-9
• Buchstabendschungel. Illustrated by Jens Rassmus. Dachs, Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85191-308-6
• All diese Zahlen. Illustrated by Jens Rassmus. Dachs, Wien 2004, ISBN 978-385191-348-4
• Die allerbeste Prinzessin. Drawings and collages by Sybille Hein. Loewe, Bindlach 2018, ISBN 978-3-7855-8578-8
• Redaktion Tintenklex: Das Geheimnis der 67 Erpresserbriefe.
• Redaktion Tintenklex: Das geheimnisvolle Grab.
• Pauline Pechfee. Illustrated by Friederike Rave. Residenz 2007, ISBN 978-3-70172025-5

Collaborations

• Fremd. With Arno Strobel. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2015, ISBN 978-3-8052-5084-9
• Anonym. With Arno Strobel. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2016, ISBN 978-3-8052-5085-6
• Invisible. With Arno Strobel. Wunderlich, Reinbek 2018, ISBN 978-3-8052-0015-8

Contributions to:

• O Gruselgraus!
• Wenn du ein Gespenst kennst ...

• Ursula Poznanski at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Works by Ursula Poznanski at Open Library
• Personal website
• Official Website for author duo Ursula Poznanski and Arno Strobel
• Ursula Poznanski at Loewe-Verlag
• Interview with Ursula Poznanski at KinderundJugendmedien.de
• Interview with Ursula Poznanski at jugendbuch-couch.de