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Sonja Katharina Goernitz (Görnitz, Gornitz, pseudonyms: Sonja K. Koskinen) is a German author of non-fiction books. Most of her works are transcripts of her diaries but she has also written a documentary about alcoholism (Drinks, Dicks & Diaries). Her books are published globally by BookSurge and BOD. Goernitz wrote articles, which were published in German and Australian media, e.g. stern, Marie Claire and newswrite. Since 2005, she is working as a researcher, editor and translator for the Australian bestselling author Peter FitzSimons (Tobruk, The Ballad of Les Darcy, biography about Charles Kingsford Smith). Goernitz lives in Sydney, Australia.

Biography
Goernitz was born in Hamburg, Germany and grew up in Poppenbüttel. She attended the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg from 1998-2001 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Information Management. After working in media in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich, she left Germany for New York spent some time there working for Bertelsmann Music Group (Publicity). She returned to Germany and worked casually for Gruner + Jahr in Hamburg (at first as a post clerk, later at stern). She also worked for Axel Springer (Bild), AlsterRadio and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Tagesschau) on a contract basis. From 1998, she spent more time in Australia. In 2002, Goernitz completed a Master of Arts in International Communication at Macquarie University in Sydney, including an internship at the ABC’s investigative journalism program Four Corners. She was supported with scholarships, mainly by Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation. Goernitz produced a monthly Writers magazine in 2004/2005. She met Peter FitzSimons (Tobruk, The Ballad of Les Darcy, biography about Charles Kingsford Smith) at the Sydney Writers’ Festival in 2005. Since 2005, Goernitz is working for FitzSimons as a researcher, editor and translator.

Diary-Series
 2006 Tagebuch 1, Sonja K. Goernitz, Vol. 1 of the Diary Series (German/English), Foreword by Peter FitzSimons, BookSurge, Charleston, USA, 2006.  2007 Tagebuch 2, Sonja K. Goernitz, Vol. 2 of the Diary Series (German/English), Foreword by Barbara Barkhausen, BookSurge, Charleston, USA, 2007.  2007 Tagebuch 1 – Auf nach America, Sonja K. Koskinen, Vol. 1 of the Diary Series (German), Foreword by Peter FitzSimons, BOD, Norderstedt, Germany, 2007.  2008 Tagebuch 2 – Küss den Mann, Sonja K. Koskinen, Vol. 2 of the Diary Series (German), Foreword by Barbara Barkhausen, BOD, Norderstedt, Germany, 2008.  2008 Tagebuch 3 – Freund der Freundin, Sonja K. Koskinen, Vol. 3 of the Diary Series (German), Foreword by Rudolf, Hermann BOD, Norderstedt, Germany, 2008.  

Documentary
 2009, Drinks, Dicks & Diaries, Sonja K. Koskinen, Documentary about alcoholism – how addiction can spill from one generation to the next, BOD, Norderstedt, Germany, 2009.  

Articles
<ul> <li>2008 "Luxury Holiday in New Zealand", Foreign Correspondents' Association, Sydney.</li> <li> 2007 "Reportage Cape York", Infobahn Australia, Sydney.</li> <li> 2005 "Stop-Over - 24 Stunden in Sydney", "Getting there - Drei Tage in Sydney", "Now we're talking - Eine Woche in Sydney", DIE ZEIT (Online), Hamburg.</li> <li> 2004 "Walking in dingo land", Foreign Correspondents' Association, Sydney.</li> <li> 2003 "Ich habe alles versucht", stern, Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg.</li> <li> 2002 "The Four Corners of Investigative Journalism", Australian Screen Education, Sydney.</li> <li> 2001 "Studieren mit viel Druck", Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg.</li> <li> 1999 "Nur Hartn&auml;ckigkeit f&uuml;hrt zum Ziel", Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg.</li> <li> 1994 "Ein wunderbarer Macho", Marie Claire, XXX, Munich.</li> </ul>

Media
<ul> <li>2008 "Art of book promotion", The Mosman Daily, Sydney.</li> <li> 2007 "Life in Australia – Getting a Job", SBS Radio, Melbourne.</li> <li> 2007 "Exporting Literature", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney.</li> <li> 2007 "Morningshow" (interview about diary), AlsterRadio, Hamburg.</li> <li> 2007 "Tositarinoita kaksikieliesesti", Kymen Sanomat, Finland.</li> <li> 2007 "From Germany with love", The Mosman Daily, Sydney.</li> <li> 2006 "Author says all, but in two languages", The Mosman Daily, Sydney.</li> <li> 2005 "Magazine’s good read about writers", The Mosman Daily, Sydney.</li> <li> 2005 "Lauter Lebensgeschichten", Die Woche, Sydney.</li> <li> 2005 "The write stuff", Sydney Weekly Courier, Sydney.</li> <li> 2004 "Literary Upstart", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney.</li> <li> 2003 "Migration", SAM/taff, ProSieben, Munich.</li> <li> 2002 "Studying worldwide", Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg. </li> </ul>