Mirjam Müntefering (born January 29, 1969 in

Arnsberg Arnsberg (; wep, Arensperg) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hochs ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

) is a German

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and a

lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...

.Hamburger Abendblatt (newspaper, german)
/ref> She writes about

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themes, but also wrote a book on

dog training Dog training is the application of behavior analysis which uses the environmental events of antecedents (trigger for a behavior) and consequences to modify the dog behavior, either for it to assist in specific activities or undertake particular ...

. In 2000, she founded the dog obedience school "HUNDherum fit" in

Hattingen Hattingen is a town in the northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History Hattingen is located on the south bank of the River Ruhr in the south of the Ruhr region. The town was first mentioned in 13 ...

. Müntefering is the daughter of

Franz Müntefering Franz Müntefering (; born 16 January 1940) is a German politician. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as the minister of Labour and Social Affairs, ...

Books

* ''Welche Farbe auch immer oder das Blaue Gefühl'' () * ''Ada sucht Eva'', Lübbe 1998 () * ''Katta at Frauenknast.de'', dtv 2000 () * ''Hund ist in. Das Hundebuch für die neue Generation'', Kynos 2000 () * ''Ein Stück meines Herzens'', dtv 2001 () * ''Die schönen Mütter anderer Töchter'', Lübbe 2001 () * ''Tatort Ruhrgebiet: Grubenhunde'', Klopp 2003 () * ''Flug ins Apricot'',

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2003 () * ''Das Gegenteil von Schokolade'', Lübbe 2003 () * ''Verknallt in Camilla'', Klopp 2004 () * ''Apricot im Herzen'',

2004 () (auch Milena 2001, ) * ''Wenn es dunkel ist, gibt es uns nicht'',

2004 () * ''Luna und Martje'',

2005 () * ''Verknallt in den Traumprinzen!'', Klopp 2005 () * ''Verknallt in Mister Perfect!'', Klopp 2006 () * ''Emmas Story'', Lübbe 2006 () * ''Unversehrt''

2007 () * ''Jetzt zu dritt'', Lübbe 2007 () * ''Tochter und viel mehr'',

(forthcoming June) 2008 ()

References

External links

Mirjam Müntefering's official site

Mirjam Münteferings dog obedience school „hundherum fit“
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muntefering, Mirjam 1969 births Living people People from Arnsberg German non-fiction writers Lesbian novelists Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians German lesbian writers German LGBT novelists German women novelists