Jennifer B. Wind lives with her family in Lower Austria. The former flight attendant with singing and acting training writes thrillers, novels, poems, song lyrics, plays, screenplays and short texts for all age groups, which have already won numerous awards. Her books are regularly on the bestseller lists in the DACH region.
“Als Gott schlief” (When God slept) was nominated for the Vienna Crime Fiction Prize, while the follow-up “Wenn der Teufel erwacht” (When the Devil Awakens) was a critical success, hailed by critics as a “final for humanity”. The third volume, “Wo das Böse regiert” (Where Evil Reigns), focuses on the Women.Peace.Freedom initiative. The hallmarks of the Jutta Stern fact fiction series are socially and politically critical themes and realistic investigative work.
The first in her Richard Schwarz thriller series, “Die Maske der Gewalt” (The Mask of Violence), was on the Bild bestseller list for several weeks. The sequel “Die Maske der Schuld” was nominated for the Fine Crime Award and is recommended by Sebastian Fitzek. The third volume will be published in fall 2025.
Her anthology “Einmal kurz die Welt retten” (Gmeiner Verlag) won the Skoutz Award for the best anthology of the year in 2023 and was nominated for two other awards.
The author also has several pseudonyms. She writes historical novels under her open pseudonym Jaane Janssen. “Die Spur der Sehnsucht”, the first part of the Ostfriesland saga was published in November 2024, the second volume will be published in May 2025.
In her spare time, she draws, paints and makes music. She has been actively involved in environmental and animal protection since the age of 14 and is a member of various environmental initiatives and “Writers for Future”. As a passionate diver, saving the oceans is a particular concern of hers. Environmental protection is a theme in many of her novels.
She is also active as a judge in many literary competitions and as a writing coach. She is also a member of various writers’ associations such as the Syndikat, the “ Mörderische Schwestern” and A.I.E.P.
More about the author at www.jennifer-b-wind.com»
It is important to find a balance in which people, animals and their habitat can coexist. Empowering people and helping them understand how important it is to protect our environment and our resources is my passion. If millions of people take small steps, it can transform the world and make it a better place for all living things. We, Climate Fiction Writers Europe, write stories that inspire, excite, make you think and perhaps make you pause, imitate and initiate change.
When the fear of death opens the door to a murderer …
The second case for the unconventional investigator Richard Schwarz.
A corpse with horrific injuries to the body and skull is fished out of the Danube. Richard Schwarz from the LKA (Landeskriminalamt: State Criminal Police Office) knows the dead man: Jan Dorn, a seriously ill former police colleague. The investigation leads him to Jan’s self-help group, where hopes are raised with every new drug from the pharmaceutical industry. The fear of death is a cruel game with experimental studies and miracle cures.
Determined, Richard does everything he can to put an end to the perfidious goings-on. But a secret from his own past comes to light and casts a shadow over the current case. Richard is horrified to discover that the murderer is always one step ahead of him.
“Beware, even if it says ‘wind’ on the cover – this book is a whirlwind of a thriller!”
– Sebastian Fitzek
(February 2020, Edition M)
(Published as Jaane Janssen)
East Frisia in the 18th century: A gripping saga about the wife of a whaler and her longing for a better life
Borkum, 1775: The young Frisian woman Sventje copes with the hard life on the island without complaint, often alone for months on end, while her husband is at sea as a whaler. She hopes that this time Lian will make it to Borkum in time for the birth of their fourth child.
She only gets help from the lord of the manor, Valentin von Halversberg, who is always there at the right moment. Sventje fights her confusing, inappropriate feelings for the withdrawn loner with all her might. They are worlds apart, but inside Sventje burns a longing for a different, better life that has so far eluded her …
“What a gripping, well-researched novel! I just flew through the pages and lived, loved and suffered with the characters. Superb!”
– Ellin Carsta
(November 2024, pen and ink)
The world is on the brink of collapse. According to leading scientists, important resources will be depleted by 2052 and large parts of the world will be uninhabitable due to climate change. Billions of people are threatened with homelessness, hunger and poverty.
24 dramatic, sarcastic, bizarre and profound short stories by top German-language authors are dedicated to the most pressing issues of our time and are thought-provoking. They are an appeal to us all: the fight for tomorrow must begin today!
With stories by Dieter Aurass, Raoul Biltgen, Katja Brandis, Veronika A. Grager, Anne Grießer, Petra K. Gungl, Reinhard Kleindl, Regine Kölpin, Beatrix Klamlovsky, Uwe Laub, Mari März, Günter Neuwirth, Regina Schleheck, Claudia Schmid, Ursula Schmid-Spreer, Ingrid Schmitz, Alex Thomas, Heidi Troi, Eva Maria Nielsen, Fenna Williams, Barbara Wimmer, Janet Zentel and Jennifer B. Wind.
(March 2022, Gmeiner Verlag)
Tranquil country life my aunt:
A thrilling crime novel in the middle of the Mur Valley
Policewoman Franzi Fürst has had enough of Vienna – she needs a change of scenery! Newly divorced, the single mother moves back to her father’s farm in Styria with her two children. But the supposed return to peace and quiet soon turns out to be a mistake: Franzi’s former teacher is in a coma after a fall at the Günster waterfall, and things are not quite right in her dreamy home village of Schöder either.
– A gripping start to the crime series about the returning chief inspector Franzi Fürst
– Deceptive idyll: regional crime thriller with lots of exciting twists and turns
– Great vacation reading, perhaps even for your next trip to Styria?
– Mysterious connections: will Franzi find the solution in Styria’s dark past?
– A gift for crime fans to puzzle over: an Austrian crime thriller full of local color
– Set in the Mur Valley: Can the new chief inspector solve the case?
This is not how the former Vienna police officer had imagined her move to Murau: Instead of a quiet everyday life, events soon come thick and fast. Franzi also has to deal with her childhood sweetheart Max, who still hasn’t forgiven her for her sudden departure to Vienna. And the case leads back into the past to a very dark chapter in history….
Crime novelist Jennifer B. Wind comes from Styria herself. “Wasserfallsturz” is the first case in her Austrian crime series about policewoman Franzi Fürst and promises exciting entertainment for fans of regional crime novels with high standards!
(September 2023, Benevento Verlag and Saga Egmont)
They want to live a self-determined and free life – and pay a high price …
The body of a young woman is found in Vienna’s City Park: Strangulation marks on her neck, her face cauterized beyond recognition with acid. Who was she and why did she have to die? In their tireless search for clues, detectives Jutta Stern and Tom Neumann question one witness after another, but no one seems to know anything about the mysterious dead woman. But then another body is discovered in Vienna, whose face must have been cauterized in her youth. Everything points to the fact that the perpetrator is targeting women who have already been through the hell of violence … and not just men. Could he already have his next victim in his sights?
A women’s peace and freedom novel!
Buy now as an eBook and enjoy: The gripping thriller “Where Evil Reigns” by Jennifer B. Wind is the third installment in her series about Viennese detectives Jutta Stern and Tom Neumann, which will captivate fans of Veit Etzold and Andreas Gruber.
(February 2023, dotbooks and Saga Egmont)