Gertrude, the cloud and the lack of wind

Curriculum Vitae: Peter Pitsch was born 1963 in Herford. He lived among other in Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Copenhagen and Nykøbing (South-Denmark). Already as a teenager he wrote poems and short stories. During a long stay in Italy he gained experience as a film actor. He played in 12 movies and several commercials and incorporated "The Death" in a theatre-play. He worked with film-directors like Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Mauro Bolognini. Thereafter he moved on to a career as a writer and artist. Today he lives in Scandinavia and is dedicated to literary writing as well as the design of book covers and digital art. In the early nineties he published his first book, followed by several publications. In addition his reviews, poems and prose texts were included in various magazines and anthologies. The breakthrough came in 2008 with the satire "The Cuckoo's Egg Syndrome". Since then the contemporary poetry book "Wicked Tale", the autobiographical novel "Into the Unknown" and the thriller "WORLD" were released. 2011 he presented a new variation of his artistic work with the art book "Sixtysix - Digital Art". A book of poetry titled "Presence" and the children´s books "The poor Poet and other fantastic tales" together with "Gertrude, the cloud and the missing wind" are available since 2012. For more information: www.peter-pitsch-schriftsteller.com Jette Pedersen was born in 1966 in Næstved/Denmark. After high school she went to Neuchatel in Switzerland and studied French and English at the Canadian College. Then she lived for a time in Lugano, where she gained knowledge in the use of the Italian language. She returned to Scandinavia and studied fashion design in Copenhagen at the "Academy of design and fashion - Margrethe Skolen". After the successful completion she moved to Rome and worked freelance in the fashion industry. A year later, back in Copenhagen, she continued her activity and has worked for companies such as San Antonio and Oya. Above that she found employment in a fashion store at the Copenhagen Airport and later as head of the "Design Forum". Today Jette Pedersen lives in Nykøbing and works as an expert in the construction and home improvement industry. Additionally she designs jewelry made from natural materials and illustrates children's books. The two books "The poor Poet and other fantastic tales" and "Gertrude, the cloud and the missing wind" (published 2012) are joint ventures with the poet Peter Pitsch.