Writer, artist, sometime-scholar.

Cat-friend.

Daring dreamer.

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… I’ve been writing stories ever since I could write. The first stories on yellow index cards in first grade. My first novel was handwritten in a spiral-bound A4 notepad when I was 16/17. (No one but me has ever read it – which is exactly as it ought to be where most first novels are concerned.) In May 2004 I followed a link from Joanne K. Rowling’s website to a fansite and discovered a strange phenomenon called “fan fiction”. It didn’t take long for that particular virus to infect me. So in June 2004 I added fanfic to my o-fic writing endeavours … and wrote a LotR fanfic novel! When “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was published in 2007, I began writing HP fanfic as well, for the good ‘ship Hermione Granger/Severus Snape. Somewhere in between I finished an original manuscript of a historical fantasy novel that is still looking for a good home with a nice publisher. Recently I’ve started playing around with rhyme and rhythm, trying my hand at original poetry.

 

… I’ve been painting even longer than I write. But taking art & history of art as a major at college level in school left me disillusioned and I gave up on my art for over ten years until 2008, when I suddenly found myself involved in an artists’ group. Just one year later, I found myself in the midst of organising the very first exhibition of my art. Since then I’ve presented my works in two more exhibitions. My favourite technique is a mixture of ink and water colours, but I also enjoy experimenting, for example mixing photography and painting.

 

… when I’m not JunoMagic, I’m at home in a tiny town in Germany, along with my husband “JMH” and two cats Juno-the-cat. With degrees in law, political science, and history I currently work as a freelance writer, editor, and translator. I am also the manager of a small museum.

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And why JunoMagic?

Juno – when I needed a penname, one of my cats graciously agreed to share her name with me, and I became Juno.

Magic – although I do believe in magic, especially the magic woven with words and songs and stories, the magical part of my penname simply derives from my e-mail address:

juno AT magic DOT ms

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. . . and if you want to know more about me, you will simply have to ask me!