Melissa Müller (born 1967 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian journalist and author.
She is the author of Anne Frank: The Biography, which draws on historical documents and personal interviews with those who knew Anne Frank to provide a fuller picture of Frank's life than the diary permits.[1]Kirkus Reviews wrote about the enlarged reedition of the book in 2013: Melissa Müller "illuminates the shadows of Anne’s diary, particularly in casting the Franks’ loveless arranged marriage, which Anne accurately saw through, in a sympathetic and understanding light. She adds dimension to Anne's picture of Edith, as well; the woman her daughter depicted as stern and cold was also trying desperately not to give in to despair."[2]
In 2008, together with Monika Tatzkow, Melissa Müller published Verlorene Bilder, verlorene Leben. The book tells the story of Jewish art collectors, and how they were treated after 1945.[3] The English edition Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft and the Quest for Justice was published in 2010.[4]
Books
Melissa Müller: Anne Frank: The Biography. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York, revised edition 2013 (original edition: 1998), 459 pages, ISBN978-0-8050-8731-4.
Melissa Müller, Melissa Müller: Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft, and the Quest for Justice, Vendome Press, 2010, 248 pages, ISBN978-0865652637.
Melissa Müller together with Monika Tatzkow: Verlorene Bilder, verlorene Leben – Jüdische Sammler und was aus ihren Kunstwerken wurde. Elisabeth-Sandmann, München 2008, ISBN978-3-938045-30-5.
Melissa Müller together with Traudl Junge: Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary, Arcade Publishing, 2004. ISBN978-1-55970-728-2.
Melissa Müller together with Traudl Junge: Bis zur letzten Stunde. Hitlers Sekretärin erzählt ihr Leben. Claassen, München 2002, ISBN3-546-00311-X.
Melissa Müller: Die kleinen Könige der Warenwelt. Kinder im Visier der Werbung. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN3-593-35679-1.
Films: screenplay and consultant
2014: ORF TV-Series Universum History — Diplomatische Liebschaften — Die Mätressen des Wiener Kongresses (concept and screenplay, together with Monika Czernin)
2010: Der Traum vom Gelobten Land — Theodor Herzl und das moderne Israel (concept and screenplay, together with Monika Czernin)
2005: Hitler und der Adel (concept and screenplay, together with Monika Czernin)
^"Anne Frank. The Biography: Updated and Expanded with New Material", in: Kirkus Reviews, online publication date: April 27, 2013; hardcover book, Metropolitan/Henry Holt: June 11, 2013. ISBN978-0-8050-8731-4.
^Melissa Müller, Monika Tatzkow: Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft, and the Quest for Justice, Vendome Press, 2010, 248 pages, ISBN978-0865652637.