Melissa Müller

Melissa Müller ( * 1967 in Vienna) is an Austrian freelance journalist and writer.

Life

Melissa Müller studied German Studies and Business Administration. She then worked for various business editors and magazines in Vienna and Munich.

Mid-1990s, she decided to write a biography of Anne Frank and fill the historical gaps in the diary of Anne Frank by research. She questioned historians, archives, witnesses, among others traveled to Israel and the United States. The book The Girl Anne Frank, with the Melissa Müller attracted international attention, was published in 1998 and translated into more than 20 languages. Three years later, the film adaptation of Anne Frank Taylor - Gordon appeared with Ben Kingsley and Hannah in the lead roles. The film won an Emmy Award.

When researching a follow-up project on artists in Nazi Germany Müller Traudl met boy. Originally, the author of Adolf Hitler wanted to ask Secretary on the artistic taste of the "leader ". From these discussions, however, the biography was up until the last hour. Hitler's secretary tells her life. The book talked about a year on the bestseller lists, been translated into 25 languages ​​and served as one of the basis for the Oscar - nominated film The Fall of 2004, which also has two scenes from the interview includes Blind Spot.

Melissa Müller lives with her family in Munich.

Works

  • The small kings of the world of commodities. Children targeted by the advertising. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-593-35679-1.
  • The girl Anne Frank. [Biography, with an afterword by Miep Gies ], Claassen, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-546-00151-6; as a List Paperback 60730, Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-548-60730-6.
  • Picasso's barber. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-462-02980-0.
  • Until the Final Hour. Hitler's secretary tells her life. Claassen, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-546-00311- X.
  • With Reinhard Piechocki: Alice Herz-Sommer - "A Garden of Eden in the midst of hell. " A century of life, Droemer, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-27389-6.
  • M. M, Monika Tatzkow include: Lost images of life lost - Jewish collectors and what became of her artworks. Elisabeth Sandmann, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-938045-30-5.
  • Two footprints in the snow. Brandstätter, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85447-499-7.
  • The paradise on earth. Brandstätter, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85447-538-1.
  • To the nineteenth hole. Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-559-4.
  • From the blue haze. Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-560-8.
  • Say cheese! Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-561-6.
  • Lust for second book. Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-581-0.
  • Up up and away!. Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-594-2.
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