Cora Stephan is a German-speaking writer and essayist.

She was born on 7 April 1951 in Strang near Bad Rothenfelde

Bad Rothenfelde

Bad Rothenfelde is a municipality and health resort in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 20 km southeast of Osnabrück, between Hilter and Dissen. Bad Rothenfelde has a spa, hospital, clothes shops and many cafés....

 (Germany). As an author of crime fiction

Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

 she is known under the pseudonym Anne Chaplet.

Cora Stephan grew up in Osnabrück

Osnabrück

Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...

 (Germany). Having studied in Hamburg and Frankfurt she graduated as a teacher in 1973 and took her PhD in 1976 with a thesis on the History of German Social-Democracy in the 19th Century.

From 1976 to 1984 she taught at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 (Germany).

From 1985 to 1987 she worked as a journalist in the Bonn office of the German news magazine Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...

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Today Cora Stephan lives in Mücke

Mücke

Mücke is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Mücke lies from 200 to 350 m above sea level in the northwest foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains on the upper reaches of the river Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn...

 near Frankfurt (Germany) and Laurac-en-Vivarais

Laurac-en-Vivarais

Laurac-en-Vivarais is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...

(France). Under the pseudonym Anne Chaplet she was awarded the Deutsche Krimipreis twice (in 2001 and 2004) and received Radio Bremen Krimipreis in 2003.

Essays by Cora Stephan

• 1992 Wir Kollaborateure
• 1993 Der Betroffenheitskult
• 1995 Neue deutsche Etikette
• 1998 Das Handwerk des Krieges

Novels by Anne Chaplet

• 1998 Caruso singt nicht mehr
• 1999 Wasser zu Wein
• 2000 Nichts als die Wahrheit
• 2002 Die Fotografin
• 2003 Schneesterben
• 2004 Russisch Blut
• 2006 Sauberer Abgang
• 2007 Doppelte Schuld
• 2008 Schrei nach Stille

Websites in German

• Cora Stephan contains articles by Cora Stephan, a short autobiography and a bibliography
• Anne Chaplet contains, amongst other useful information, a detailed bibliography and numerous photos