Kerstin Pilz

Dr. Kerstin Pilz is a former academic, TEDx speaker, writing coach, retreat leader, and author. She grew up in Germany and traveled the world before settling in Australia. She holds a PhD in Italian literature and spent most of her working life as an academic, teaching European languages and intercultural communication in Australia, Italy, the Maldives, and on a floating university campus aboard a cruise ship.

She is widely published in academia, including a monograph on Italo Calvino. Her travel features have appeared in The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The New York Times. Discovering the healing power of writing following a traumatic life event was life-changing, prompting her to leave academia in order to teach creative writing online and on international retreats. Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband is her debut memoir.

Dr. Kerstin Pilz adalah seorang mantan akademisi, pembicara TEDx, pelatih menulis, pemimpin retret, juga penulis. Ia dibesarkan di Jerman dan berkeliling dunia sebelum akhirnya menetap di Australia. Ia meraih gelar PhD dalam Sastra Italia dan menghabiskan sebagian besar masa kerjanya sebagai akademisi, mengajar bahasa-bahasa Eropa dan komunikasi antarbudaya di Australia, Italia, Maladewa, dan di kampus universitas terapung di atas kapal pesiar.

Ia banyak menerbitkan karya akademik, termasuk monograf tentang Italo Calvino. Tulisan perjalanannya telah muncul di The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, dan The New York Times. Menemukan kekuatan yang menyembuhkan dari menulis setelah mengalami peristiwa traumatis betul-betul mengubah hidupnya, mendorong ia untuk meninggalkan dunia akademik dan mengajar penulisan kreatif secara daring dan di retret internasional. Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband adalah memoar debutnya.