Jana Hensel is an author and journalist, raised in Leipzig, who shot to fame in 2002 with her book Zonenkinder. Since then, she has worked as a journalist and published numerous bestsellers. She was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize and honoured as Journalist of the Year for her reporting on East Germany. Currently, she works for DIE ZEIT and lives in Berlin.
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