Bärbel Mohr

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Bärbel Mohr
Baerbel-Mohr.jpg
Born(1964-07-05)July 5, 1964
DiedOctober 29, 2010(2010-10-29) (aged 46)
SpouseManfred
Children2
Website
www.baerbelmohr.de

Bärbel Mohr (5 July 1964 – 29 October 2010) was a German author. From 1998, she published 20 German books (self-help books, children books, stories) – including the best-selling Bestellungen beim Universum (The Cosmic Ordering Service), translated into 14 languages so far and a German audio edition – which combined have more than 1.5 million copies in print.

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Biography

Bärbel Mohr was born 5 July 1964. In 1995, she wrote The Cosmic Ordering Service for a small group of people and distributed it as a Xerox copy. In 2006, the British television presenter Noel Edmonds credited her book with turning his life and career around. [1] Mohr regularly gave lectures and workshops on joyful living and how to realise your dreams. [ citation needed ]

She lived near Munich with her family (husband and twins). She died there in 2010, aged 46.

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References

  1. Leonard, Tom (4 April 2006). "Need a lover or a house? Call on the cosmos". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 June 2016.