RONA KREEKEL  Rona Kreekel (1966) has always been fascinated by history. Twenty years ago she became active in re-enactment of the early Middle Ages and in 2009-2010 she created a temporary exhibition about this period in the Streekmuseum in Tiel. Her passion for telling stories began with a publication of a short AD&D adventure in the American magazine Dungeon and with writing articles in the English language for a quarterly magazine for early medieval re-enactors. In the meantime, as a passtime, she wrote historical novels, during which the research provided just as much pleasure as did the writing itself. Her first novel, Rochette uit Duinkerken, has recently been published. Rona will be present at the location Vampire Castle.

TOMMY KRAPPWEIS Tommy Krappweis was born in Munich on May 9th 1972. Among other things he acted as a stuntman, slapstick-comedian and busker and worked in front of the camera for the german Comedy-Show “RTL Samstag Nacht”. He founded bumm film GmbH, a production company for scripts, direction and postproduction in 1999, to work as a director and scriptwriter for the main part. In company with Norman Cöster he invented the cult character "Bernd das Brot", mascot for KiKa (children's TV network) which was awarded the "Goldener Spatz" and the "Adolf Grimme Preis" in 2004. At Elf Fantasy Fair Tommy Krappweis will present his first novel "Mara und der Feuerbringer" - characterized by the press as an "extraordinary fantasy-trilogy between Harry Potter, Da Vinci Code and nordic mythology" peppered with the very special humor of the author. At his lectures Tommy Krappweis presents profound knowledge of the nordic-germanic mythology supported with amazing facts about its remains in today’s world in an amusing way.

The whole trilogy (part III will be published in October 2011) was developed in collaboration with Rudolf Simek, Professor at the university of Bonn. So the facts and coherences of nordic-german mythology in roman and appendix are consistent with the current state of scientific knowledge.
And here you can see the book- trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irLzStQF6i0 
www.maraundderfeuerbringer.de

		TORSTEN LOW Vampires, the cannibalistic worshipers of the Spiral, stone Gargoyles, chuloide Metamorphoses, the legendary World Tree: Fantasy in all game forms is the “programm im Verlag” of Torsten Low. The publisher reads the novels and anthologies of the “Verlag” (possibly with guest readers). Fantasy at its best!  www.verlag-torsten-low.de.

ANDREA BANNERT - musical lecture Hold your breath and dive deep into a strange world far below sea level, the audience can enjoy the musical lecture by Andrea Bannert. The young Munich author presents her new fantasy novel "Clyátomon”. The singer Betty Baindl uses the power of music to bring the characters and worlds in the stories read aloud to life in the eyes of the beholder, and add depth to them. She plays on several unusual instrument, such as a Harmonium, chimes, Celtic harp, ocarina, Native American drums and many more. For more information about the author: home.arcor.de/andrea.bannert

		ADRIAN STONE Book presentation: Adrian Stone’s new book „Rune” After the DevilsTrilogy (Prophet of the Devil, Son of the Devil, Soul of the Devil) Adrian Stone now comes with the Twofold “Rune”. His newest work will be presented at the Elf Fantasy Fair Arcen 2011. The new twofold Rune takes place in the same world as the DevilsTrilogy, a part of the story takes place on a different continent. Everything revolves around the ancient culture, which after a terrible war for Religion and the following catastrophes has fallen completely into barbaric practices.

The country only knows one religion, where the Runepriests have the absolute power. Their leader, the God Emperor, rules in a tyrannical way, and tries to enlarge his power, even if he risks new catastrophes. A young disciple who in commission of the emperor is sent to the neighboring continent to gather crucial knowledge is confronted with a culture that is completely different from his own. That makes him hesitate. This tale revolves around Power and its Abuse, and it revolves around discrimination of sexes, skin color and religion, themes of all times… http://www.adrianstone.nl