Lise Lyng Falkenberg (born 17 May 1962) is a Danish writer of mostly fiction, biographies and works of literary studies.
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Falkenberg was born in Odense
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. Since her first in 1983, a dozen of her books have been published as well as hundreds of articles, essays and reviews on movies, plays, literature, art and music. She has a PhD in literature and cultural studies and is currently living in the city of Odense, Denmark, where she works both as a writer and as an international freelance journalist.
Since 2001 Falkenberg has written directly for the English-language market and since 2012 her books have been available as ebooks. Her English titles so far:
* ''The Monkees - caught in a false image'', , 2001, on the American TV-series/pop band The Monkees
The Monkees were an American rock and pop band, formed in Los Angeles in 1966, whose lineup consisted of the American actor/musicians Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork alongside English actor/singer Davy Jones. The group was conc ...
* ''Twisted Tales of Thanatos'', , 2003, a collection of short stories written in the magic realistic genre.
* ''Greatest Hits 1996-2011'', , 2012, a collection of Falkenberg's best-selling short stories.
* ''Souls Astray'', , 2012, a ghost story about a fairy tale romance that turns into a nightmare.
* ''The Monkees - caught in a false image'' 2nd edition, , 2012, an updated ebook edition of Falkenberg's 2001 Monkees biography.
* ''Build Me a Bridge'', , 2012, a murder mystery about mutual dependent twins.
* ''The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up - But Did'', , 2013, the English version of Falkenberg's 1999 study of Peter Pan.
* ''Never Mind It'', , 2013, a hilarious postmodern metatext about writing and relationships.
* ''Look Wot I Dun'', , 2013, the official biography of the British Slade-drummer Don Powell.
* ''Metanoia'', , 2014, ten short stories about myths, death, love, regret and betrayal.
* ''Idyll'', , 2019, this magic realism novel is a social commentary/fairy tale for grown ups. Illustrated by the author.
Since 2005, Falkenberg has worked with British rock band Slade
Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The ''British Hit Singles ...
, especially their drummer Don Powell
Donald George Powell (born 10 September 1946) is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years.
Early life
As a child, Powell joined the Boy Scouts where he became interested in th ...
and this has led to a string of Slade-related blogs on the internet as well as many articles and interviews in magazines and papers. In 2006 Don Powell asked Falkenberg to write his biography and the book was released in late 2013.
References
External links
Official website
1962 births
Living people
Danish women writers
People from Odense
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