Andrea Mohr (born July 19, 1963, in Neustadt, West Germany) is a German writer who writes in German and English. Mohr was previously involved in international drug smuggling and served a sentence from 1999 to 2004 in the high-security prison for women, the

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, Australia.

Life

Prior to the detention

She attended primary school from 1969 to 1973 in Neustadt,

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where she attended the Leibniz Gymnasium. She attended the English night school Inlingua in Mannheim, Germany from 1983 to 1984 as a foreign correspondent. This was followed by studies of economics in 1985–1986 at the

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. From 1986 to 1989 she studied Japanese and American Studies at the

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. In Tokyo, Bangkok, Los Angeles and Kyoto, she worked as a photo model and hostess, in Berlin in Cabarets as a striptease dancer. She lived in

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from 1986 to 1996, and then in Melbourne until her deportation in 2004.

Time in prison

She pleaded guilty to being knowingly concerned in the importation of 5.5 kilograms of cocaine by her ex-husband Werner Roberts; other co-accused were the well-known Melbourne lawyer Andrew Fraser and Carl Urbanec, her longtime German friend. Andrea Mohr was sentenced to a maximum of 8 years, with a minimum of 5 years, and after serving 5 years she was deported back to Germany. Andrea had been married to Werner Roberts since 1997 and divorced him 2001. Werner Roberts was sentenced to 10 to 13 years in prison, Carl Urbanec 6 to 9 years and Andrew Fraser 5 to 7 years in prison. Andrea Mohr spent her entire sentence in high-security prison, since she was a high-profile case involved in international crimes, deemed to be a high escape risk. During her prison time she completed a correspondence course at the

Swinburne University of Technology The Swinburne University of Technology (or simply Swinburne) is a public university, public research university in Melbourne, Australia. It is the modern descendant of the Eastern Suburbs Technical College established in 1908, renamed Swinburne ...

, Melbourne, in the fields of journalism and creative writing.

Post-prison career

Since 2004 she has authored several books. For the German publishing house Umschau Buchverlag she wrote the following culinary travel guides: *''Kulinarische Entdeckungsreise durch Niederösterreich'' (''Culinary Journey of Discovery through Lower Austria'') *''Eine Weinreise durch die Pfalz'' (''A Wine Journey through the Palatinate'') *''Trends und Lifestyle in Berlin''. Her autobiography ''Pixie'' was published in 2009 by Hardie Grant Books in Australia.

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wrote a quote for the book cover. A German translation of ''Pixie'' was published in 2011 by

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(VGS) . In 2010 she started to present her show-and multi-media readings under the title ''This is not a Striptease'', telling about her life. She is active for

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and fighting for better conditions within the prison system. TV Show Locked UP Abroad National Geographic Broadcast Episode Dame of Cocaine Was released on Disney Plus at January 2023 telling Andrea Mohr's story

References

External links

Official Website
(English and German)
Pixie:Inside A World Of Drugs, Sex And Violence
(English)

(English)

(English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohr, Andrea 1963 births Living people German drug traffickers German expatriates in Australia German non-fiction writers German people imprisoned abroad People deported from Australia People from Neustadt an der Weinstraße Prisoners and detainees of Victoria (state) Swinburne University of Technology alumni