Maike Braun, born 1962 in Reutlingen, Germany. Studied natural sciences in Germany, the USA and Great Britain. Doctorate in biology. After two years of brain research, she worked for an international management consultancy for eight years. Independent consultant, mediator and author in Hamburg since 2002. Numerous publications in literary journals and anthologies, several novels.
She has been working on climate issues for several years, whether in fantastic stories such as Gaias Geister (translated “Gaia’s Ghosts”, published in: Bestiae Mentis) or the Phantastischen Miniaturen (translated fantastic miniatures) (Verwandlungskünstler, Schlamm und Schrott), In 80 Jahren eine neue Welt (translated A New World in 80 Years; Zukunftsbericht einer klimafreundlichen Beispielfamilie, mikrotext Verlag, Berlin) or in her climate crime novels Portugiesische Abrechnung (translated „Portuguese Settlement“) and Portugiesische Opfer (translated „Portuguese Sacrifices“). Active in Writers4Future.
I am involved with Climate Fiction Writers Europe because there is still a long way to go before everything there is to say on this subject has been said.
Future report of a climate-friendly example family
A hyper-realistic alternative concept: a large family makes its contribution to saving the world from the climate crisis. A story that makes you think about the future and possible courses of action. With a wealth of knowledge about current developments and technologies, Maike Braun transports readers into the best of all climate worlds and creates the digital-ecological turnaround.
Ice-cold business under the Portuguese sun.
A climate thriller with vacation flair for fans of Gil Ribeiro.
“She could spot a pharmacy, there were a few tables and chairs on the sidewalk and the smell of grilled chicken wafted into her nose through the open window. Shortly afterwards, they passed a churrascaria and then a mini-mercado, in front of which oranges and lemons were piled up in plastic crates. If the houses hadn’t been plastered in bright colors, they were tiled. Each house had a different pattern. A shrill ringing made the driver curse, and then he got in line behind the antique-looking streetcar.”
Three months of administrative assistance in Lisbon – after the breakdown of her second marriage, this sounds like a welcome change for 43-year-old Selva Klimt. But her dream of sun, beach and vanilla cakes turns out to be a nightmare. Her contact, the director of the environmental authority, is nowhere to be found and his deputy blocks Selva’s every move. When the director washes up dead on the beach and the investigating inspector sets his sights on Selva, she begins to investigate herself. The trail leads to a company that is carrying out illegal drilling in the seabed. Selva does what she does best: Analyzing figures and asking questions. But time is running out and there is much more at stake than she can imagine.
A climate thriller on the coast of Portugal.
It’s not her city, yet she can’t look away.
Dangerous machinations under umbrella pines – A brand-new crime thriller set against a breathtaking backdrop.
“The countryside passed her by, fruit trees stood in a trellis, a country estate flashed out from behind palm trees. They crossed a narrow canal and then she saw the sea. It lay behind the dunes, lurking, glittering seductively, but the approaching crests of the waves, considerable even from this distance, revealed the powerful, destructive force of the ocean.”
43-year-old Selva Klimt’s main aim in Portugal was to get to the bottom of her family history and get a breath of fresh sea air. But during her internship with the environmental police, the fur of an endangered Iberian lynx is found in the luggage of a Danish businessman. Selva’s curiosity is aroused and she suspects that there is more to it than just a hunting trophy. But it is only when a game guide is found dead that she realizes she is on the trail of an international conspiracy. And the real danger she and all those involved are in …