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Karin Springer

Goodreads Author

Born

in Vienna, Austria

Website

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19257452....

Twitter

https://twitter.com/esemtu

Genre

Graphic Novels, Mystery, Fantasy

Influences

Dorothy Sayers, Rick Riordan, J.K. Rowling

Member Since

June 2019

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In 2017 Karin Springer teamed up with her younger daughter Raphi to create a graphic novel around Sumerian mythology. The first volume of the Esemtu series was published in June 2019.

Born 1969 in Vienna, Austria and a book lover from an early age onwards she studied German and English language and literature at the university of Vienna to become a teacher and an author.

As life goes, when she had to bring up her two daughters on her own these aspirations were set aside and Karin worked as a finance expert in Austria, Romania and Germany.

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Nisaba and the Five Pillars of Wisdom

Hi there. I’m sure you know this situation: You ask someone a small favor and they jump into your face ranting that they are feeling exhausted, abused and taken advantage of, and no one ever pays attention to their needs and no, they would not do you the favor you asked for. Sounds familiar?
You probably ask yourself what this situation has to do with wisdom. That was my thought exactly, when I st Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.24 · 75 ratings · 46 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Esemtu Vol. 1 by Karin Springer (Goodreads Author), Raphaela Springer (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 62 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esemtu Vol. 2 by Karin Springer (Goodreads Author), Raphaela Springer (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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