Simon Beckett
After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer before a stint teaching in Spain. Back in the UK, he played percussion in several bands. He has been a freelance journalist since 1992, writing for The Times, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other major British publications. In 2002, as part of an article on the National Forensic Academy, he visited the Body Farm in Tennessee. This last commission was the inspiration behind the internationally bestselling The Chemistry of Death, which was shortlisted for the CWA's Duncan Lawrie Dagger and has been translated into 21 languages. Simon Beckett is married and lives in Sheffield. The author of six novels, his second David Hunt
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
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Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
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Max Kidruk
Max Kidruk (Ukranian: Макс Кідрук; born April 1, 1984 in Volodymyrets, Rivne region, Ukraine) - popular Ukrainian writer and science popularizer, holds a master’s degree in Energy Engineering. Studied at the National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use (Rivne, Ukraine), and then was getting a postgraduate education at Kyiv Polytechnic University and Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology. He left both graduate schools in 2009, having decided to become a professional writer.
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Andreas Gruber
Andreas Gruber, geboren 1968 in Wien, studierte an der dortigen Wirtschaftsuniversität und lebt als freier Schriftsteller mit seiner Frau in Grillenberg, Niederösterreich. Er hat bereits mehrere erfolgreiche und preisgekrönte Erzählungen und Romane verfasst. Die aktuelle Reihe um den knallharten, aber brillanten Ermittler Maarten S. Sneijder schockiert und fasziniert seine Fans gleichermaßen. Nach Todesfrist und Todesurteil erschien am 15. August 2016 Todesmärchen , der dritte Band der Reihe. Neben der „Todes-Reihe“ um Maarten S. Sneijder erscheint im Goldmann Verlag unter anderem auch die „Rache-Reihe“ um den asthmakranken Leipziger Ermittler Walter Pulaski.
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Franck Thilliez
Franck Thilliez is the author of several bestselling novels in his native France, where he lives. Thilliez was a computer engineer for a decade before he began writing.
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Sebastian Fitzek
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Tess Gerritsen
Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.
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While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
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Angela Nanetti
Angela Nanetti is an Italian writer.
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Ulf Stark
Ulf Gottfrid Stark was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen).
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Stark collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp.
From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books Svenska barnboksakademin. In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize.
Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate Peter Curman, and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry Ett hål till livet. Following this, Stark's interest i -
Lori Nelson Spielman
Lori Nelson Spielman is a former speech pathologist, guidance counselor, and teacher of homebound students. She enjoys fitness running, traveling, and reading, though writing is her true passion. Her first novel, The Life List, has been published in over thirty countries and optioned by Fox 2000. Her second novel, Sweet Forgiveness, was also an international bestseller. Her third book, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany, releases November 17, 2020. She lives in Michigan with her husband and their very spoiled puppy.
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Thomas Erikson
Thomas Erikson is a behaviourist and the bestselling author of the Surrounded by- series about human behaviours.
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The series, has been translated to close to 60 languages and has sold over 8 million copies.
His mission is to make people’s lives easier by making them more aware of themselves and help people to a better understanding of what it takes to achieve the best possible communication.
He is a highly sought-after public speaker with 120 keynotes yearly on topics such as human behaviours, self-awareness, , narcissism, and leadership.
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Bernhard Moestl
Nach der Matura in Wien begann Bernhard Moestl eine Ausbildung zum Berufsfotografen, die er mit der Meisterprüfung beendete. Schon in seiner frühen Jugend verspürte er nach eigenen Angaben eine Faszination für die asiatische Philosophie und Kampfkunst. Seit 1991 ist er als Reiseleiter mit Schwerpunkt Osteuropa und Asien für verschiedene Veranstalter in Österreich und Deutschland tätig. Wesentliche Erfahrungen machte Moestl bei seinen Aufenthalten im Shaolin-Kloster in der chinesischen Provinz Henan. Dort lebte er mit den Mönchen und studierte ihre "Gedankenmacht". Heute ist er als Autor, internationaler Vortragsredner sowie Unternehmenscoach tätig. Er lebt in Brașov und ist Geschäftsführer der SC brainworx Europe SRL.
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Iny Lorentz
Hinter dem Namen Iny Lorentz verbirgt sich ein Autorenehepaar.
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Elmar, Iny Lorentz' Ehemann und Co-Autor, stammt aus Bayern und wuchs in einem kleinen Bauerndorf mit fünf Höfen auf. Sein Interesse für Literatur wurde von seiner Religionslehrerin schon früh erkannt und nach Kräften gefördert. Ebenso wie seine spätere Ehefrau begann er bereits als Schüler zu schreiben.
Nach einer durch die Umstände bedingten beruflichen Umorientierung, die ihn im Lauf der Jahre in verschiedene Firmen führte, kam er 1981 nach München und erhielt dort eine Stelle im selben Versicherungskonzern wie Iny, die er bereits seit mehreren Jahren kannte und ein Jahr später heiratete.
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Peter Mayle
Peter Mayle was a British author famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France. He spent fifteen years in advertising before leaving the business in 1975 to write educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young people. In 1989, A Year in Provence was published and became an international bestseller. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages, and he was a contributing writer to magazines and newspapers. Indeed, his seventh book, A Year in Provence, chronicles a year in the life of a British expatriate who settled in the village of Ménerbes. His book A Good Year was the basis for the eponymous 2006 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring actor Russell Crowe. Peter Mayle
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Dirk Wittenborn
DIRK WITTENBORN is a novelist (Fierce People, Pharmakon), screenwriter and the Emmy-nominated producer of the HBO documentary, Born Rich. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter and summers on the wrong side of the tracks in East Hampton, NY.
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Michael Wall
Dr. Michael Wall is a senior writer at Space.com who has written extensively about the search for alien life. His work has appeared in Scientific American, NBC News, Fox News and several other outlets. He holds a graduate certificate in science journalism from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Before becoming a writer, Dr. Wall worked as a biologist; he earned a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Sydney in Australia and has 15 peer-reviewed publications. He's based in San Francisco, where he chronicles the space tech revolution in Silicon Valley.
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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.
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While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.
Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Suppo -
Michael J. Clark
Michael J. Clark started his writing career in the field of automotive journalism, winning national awards in Canada for his writing and photography in both print and online publications. After retiring from reporting on all things car in 2015, Michael completed his first novel, Clean Sweep. He lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Carol.
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Victoria Holt
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
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Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between her books; the best-known, apart from Plaidy, are Victoria Holt (56 million) and Philippa Carr (3 million). Lesser known were the novels Hibbert published under her maiden name Eleanor Burford, or the pseudonyms of Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. Many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identit -
A.J. Waines
AJ Waines writes Psychological Thrillers with *over half-a-million* copies sold worldwide. She's a #1 International Bestselling Author: GIRL ON A TRAIN topped the full UK and Australian Kindle Charts in 2015 & 2016.
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The Evil Beneath, Girl on a Train, Dark Place to Hide, No Longer Safe, Inside the Whispers, Lost in the Lake, Don't you Dare, Perfect Bones, Enemy at the Window, Cut you Dead Find them all at: AJ Waines' Books
Formerly a Psychotherapist for fifteen years, she has worked with ex-offenders from high-security institutions, giving her a rare insight into abnormal psychology. She is fascinated by secrets and lies, crimes of passion, devious motives and a -
N.M. Brown
Norman has enjoyed writing for more than two decades. He has always considered a combination of decent fiction and good coffee as providing the best way to unwind and slip out of ordinary life for a while.
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Having grown up Central Scotland, he studied English at Stirling University, where he began penning poetry, drama scripts and short stories. However, his real commitment to writing resulted from spending a snowy winter attending a series of fireside writing workshops in Perth.
Norman’s love of crime fiction led him to create the weary detective Leighton Jones. Having based his debut novel around this character, Norman felt so intrigued by him that he decided to give Jones at least two more outings.
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Emma Chapman
Emma Chapman is a Royal Society research fellow and fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, based at Imperial College London. She is among the world's leading researchers in search of the first stars to exist in our Universe, 13 billion years ago, and she is involved in both the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) in the Netherlands and the forthcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Australia, a telescope that will eventually consist of a million antennas pointing skywards in the desert.
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Emma has been the recipient of multiple commendations and prizes, the most recent of which was both the 2018 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship and STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, two of the most prestigious science fellowships in the UK. She wo -
Roberto Sendoya Escobar
Roberto is an accomplished fine artist, author, musician and publisher. He is also the first born son of Pablo Escobar one of the world's most notorious drug lords.
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Kathryn Taylor
Kathryn Taylor begann schon als Kind zu schreiben – ihre erste Geschichte veröffentlichte sie bereits mit elf. Von da an wusste sie, dass sie irgendwann als Schriftstellerin ihr Geld verdienen wollte. Nach einigen beruflichen Umwegen und einem privaten Happy End erfüllt sich mit der äußerst erfolgreichen COLOURS OF LOVE-Reihe nun ihr Traum.
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James Hadley Chase
René Lodge Brabazon Raymond was born on 24th December 1906 in London, England, the son of Colonel Francis Raymond of the colonial Indian Army, a veterinary surgeon. His father intended his son to have a scientific career, was initially educated at King's School, Rochester, Kent. He left home at the age of 18 and became at different times a children's encyclopedia salesman, a salesman in a bookshop, and executive for a book wholesaler before turning to a writing career that produced more than 90 mystery books. His interests included photography (he was up to professional standard), reading and listening to classical music, being a particularly enthusiastic opera lover. Also as a form of relaxation between novels, he put together highly compl
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Danny King
Danny King was born in Slough, Berkshire, the second son of Michael and Dorothy King. He and his two brothers, Ralph and Robin, lived on the Britwell Estate until 1979, when they moved to Yateley, Hampshire. He attended Yateley School but failed to gain any qualifications before leaving at the age of 16. He stacked shelves for a short stint in the Yateley branch of Somerfield (then Gateway), before working on various building sites as a hod carrier.
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In 1991 he took an Access course at Farnborough College of Technology, which helped him land a place at The London College of Printing studying journalism. Between 1993 and 2002 he worked on various magazine titles, eventually becoming Editor of the Paul Raymond Publications title Mayfair (magazi -
Eva Mozes Kor
Eva Mozes Kor was a Romanian survivor of the Holocaust. Along with her twin sister Miriam, Kor was subjected to human experimentation at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. She lost both of her parents and two older sisters to the Holocaust; only she and Miriam survived. Kor founded the organization CANDLES (an acronym for "Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors") in 1984 and through this program located 122 other survivors. In 1984 Kor founded the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center to educate the public about eugenics, the Holocaust, and the power of forgiveness.
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Jilliane Hoffman
Jilliane P. Hoffman began her professional career as an Assistant State Attorney prosecuting felonies in Florida from 1992 to 1996 with special assignments to the Domestic Violence and the Legal Extradition Units. Originally from Long Island, she currently lives in South Florida with her husband and two children.
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Ivar Leon Menger
Ivar Leon Menger, 1973 in Darmstadt geboren, studierte nach dem Abitur Grafikdesign an der Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst in Hildesheim (HAWK Fakultät Gestaltung) und entdeckte dabei seine Liebe zum Film. Nach dem Diplom verdiente sich Menger erst einmal fünf Jahre lang in der internationalen US-Agentur Ted Bates als Werbetexter sein Geld, um nach Feierabend und an den Wochenenden seinen ersten Kurzfilm „Geteiltes Leid“ schreiben und drehen zu können. Der fertige, zwölfminütige Thriller mit Florian Lukas in der Hauptrolle erschien dann nicht nur als Bonusfilm auf DVD („The Cell“, Regie: Tarsem Singh), sondern wurde im Jahr 2002 auch auf der Berlinale zum „Besten Kurzfilm Deutschlands“ ausgezeichnet. Daraufhin kündigte Meng
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M.M. Gaidar
Maryna Gaidar is a Canadian writer of Ukrainian origin and the author of the mystery series Cassandra’s Shadows. In 2017, she won her first publication in the competition Twisted 50. She has also been published in a compilation of short Christmas stories in Ukraine.
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The genres that Maryna gravitates towards are period mystery novels, fantasy and sci-fi. Her most favoured authors are Remarque, Austen, Dyachenko and Nesbo. She enjoys coffee and loves cats.
The best way to acquire new experience and inspiration, in her opinion, is travelling. In fact, her series of mystery novels Cassandra’s Shadows was inspired by her visit to Highgate Cemetery in London, UK.
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Dirk Reinhardt
Dirk Reinhardt, Jahrgang 1963, studierte Geschichte und Germanistik. Nach seiner Promotion war er als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und als freier Journalist tätig. 2009 erschien sein erstes Kinderbuch, dem bald weitere folgten. 2016 wurde er mit dem Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Preis für Jugendliteratur ausgezeichnet.
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Dirk Reinhardt, born in 1963, studied history and German studies. After his doctorate, he worked as a research assistant and as a freelance journalist. His first children's book was published in 2009 and was soon followed by others. In 2016 he was awarded the Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize for Youth Literature. -
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Volker Klüpfel
Volker Klüpfel (* 1971 in Kempten (Allgäu)) ist ein deutscher Krimiautor.
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Volker Klüpfel wuchs in Altusried im Allgäu auf. Er studierte Politikwissenschaft, Geschichte, Kommunikationswissenschaft und Journalistik. Nach dem Studium arbeitete er als Journalist bei einer amerikanischen Zeitung und beim Bayerischen Rundfunk, bevor er ein Zeitungsvolontariat begann. Klüpfel war bis August 2008 Kulturredakteur der Memminger Zeitung, im September 2008 wechselte er zur überregionalen Kulturredaktion der Augsburger Allgemeinen und wohnt seitdem in Augsburg. Seit 2012 ist er hauptberuflich Autor. -
Jim Lawless
Jim Lawless is a leading authority on AQ: Growing AdaptAbility skills to deliver bold, fast change.
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He also works with senior leaders to build cultures in which others can grow their AQ to deliver the plan - and for life!
Jim has contributed to bold, fast change in global organisations, government, Olympic teams and business schools for two decades. He has inspired and educated over half a million people on five continents through his mindset- shifting keynotes and more through his bestselling book, Taming Tigers.
Jim has tested and developed the AQ skills personally. He adapted to become a televised jockey within a year of starting to ride and to become Britain’s deepest Freediver in just 8 months of training. Both done alongside his day job -
Cody McFadyen
Cody McFadyen was an international bestselling author of six thrillers. Five of those thrillers are centered around FBI special agent Smoky Barrett, who hunts serial killers. In 2011 his stand alone thriller Der Menschenmacher was published in Germany with no English translation. Before releasing book five in the Smoky Barrett series in 2016, McFadyen took four years off to care for his ailing parents. According to his German publisher he was the father of a daughter and lived in Southern California. Cody McFadyen passed away in May 2023.
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Uwe Laub
Uwe Laub worked as a broker at the German stock exchange and as a pharmaceutical representative for well known pharmaceutical companies. He is married and father of a daughter. He lives in Munich, Germany. He is a well-known bestselling author in Germany when it comes to suspense, thriller books, crime and climate fiction.
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Elise Title
aka Alison Tyler
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Romance author Elise Title started writing romances as an escape from her job as a psychotherapist in men's and women's prisons. Though her romances are largely lighthearted and funny, she also writes dark thrillers as a way of dealing with her past job. She also published under the pseudonym Alison Tyler. -
Donn Cortez
Pseudonyms: Don DeBrandt & DD Barant
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Donn Cortez is a pseudonym for Canadian author Don DeBrandt. Born in Saskatchewan, he currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to North America, his books have been published in Germany, France, Italy, and Russia. His influences include Spider Robinson and John D. MacDonald, among others.
He took a darker turn for The Closer, a hard-edged story about a serial killer hunting other serial killers.
His follow-up, The Man Burns Tonight (set at Burning Man) was more of a classic mystery. This was followed in rapid succession by five CSI: Miami tie-in novels and two CSI: Vegas novels.He has also contributed numerous pop-culture essays to BenBella’s SmartPop anthologies, on subjects such as Ang -
C.M. Spoerri
Die Schweizer Autorin Corinne M. Spoerri wurde am 21. September 1983 geboren und lebt mit ihrem Mann in der Nähe von Zürich. Nach ihrem Abitur studierte sie Psychologie und promovierte 2013 mit summa cum laude in Klinischer Psychologie und Psychotherapie.
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Schon immer galt ihre große Leidenschaft dem Lesen fantastischer und romantischer Geschichten und so begann sie noch während ihrer Arbeit als Psychotherapeutin, ihren ersten eigenen Fantasy-Jugendroman zu schreiben. »Alia« heißt die fünfteilige Reihe, welche nicht nur die Bestsellerlisten, sondern auch die Herzen vieler Fantasy-Fans eroberte. Der Leser begleitet darin die sechzehnjährige Alia auf ihrem Weg durch eine Welt voller Abenteuer, Intrigen, Liebe und Magie. Gleich darauf folgte Sp -
Manfred Lütz
Manfred Lütz, (*1954) studierte in Bonn und Rom Medizin, Philosophie und Theologie. Er ist Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Diplomtheologe und seit 1997 Chefarzt eines großen psychiatrischen Krankenhauses in Köln. Er schrieb mehrere Bestseller: 1999 erschien Der Blockierte Riese – Psycho-Analyse der katholischen Kirche, 2002 Lebenslust – Wider die Diätsadisten, den Gesundheitswahn und den Fitnesskult, 2007 Gott – eine kleine Geschichte des Größten, wofür er den internationalen Corine-Literaturpreis erhielt. Mit Irre! – Wir behandeln die Falschen. Unser Problem sind die Normalen. Eine heitere Seelenkunde führte er 2009 wochenlang die deutsche Sachbuch-Bestsellerliste an. 2012 erschien sein großer "Spiegel"-Bestseller "BLUFF! Die Fälschung der We
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Beate Maxian
Beate Maxian is an Austrian author, journalist and moderator.
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Beate Maxian (geb. als Österreicherin in München) lebt in Oberösterreich und Wien, schreibt Romane, Kriminalromane, Kurzgeschichten und Theaterstücke. Sie wurde mit dem Stipendium des Literaturhauses Wiesbaden ausgezeichnet und für mehrere Preise nominiert. Ihre Wien-Krimis mit der Journalistin Sarah Pauli sind Bestseller in Österreich. Sie ist die Begründerin des ersten österreichischen Krimifestivals: Krimi Literatur Festival.at -
Nicolet Steemers
Nicolet Steemers werd geboren in Hengelo (O), studeerde gitaar aan het Twents Conservatorium en belandde via het vertalen van toneelstukken en de journalistiek in het schrijversvak. Ze brak door met het boek Zachte heelmeesters (2007), waarin een moeder vermoedt dat haar tienerdochter ernstig gemanipuleerd wordt. Daarna verschenen Lichtval (2010), over een disfunctionele toneelfamilie, en Overspel (2011), het boek bij de gelijknamige televisieserie. Zachte heelmeesters en Lichtval werden beide ook in Duitsland gepubliceerd. Het boek Tweedracht, waarin tweelingzussen door omstandigheden lijnrecht tegenover elkaar zijn komen te staan, verscheen in juni 2015 bij Uitgeverij De Geus.
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Roxann Hill
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Roxann Hill is one of the most successful thriller authors in the German-speaking world. Her novels have delighted millions of readers and are regularly among the top titles on the bestseller lists. Her books have been translated into multiple languages.
Born in Brno/Czech Republic, the author lives with her family and two large dogs in Middle Franconia.
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Roxann Hill gehört zu einer der erfolgreichsten Thriller-Autorinnen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ihre Romane begeistern Millionen von Leserinnen und Lesern und sind regelmäßig auf den Bestsellerlisten von Amazon und BILD zu finden.
Ihre Bücher wurden in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt.
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Jan Costin Wagner
Jan Costin Wagner is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa.
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Wagner studied German Literature and History at university in Frankfurt, and later worked as a journalist. His first novel, "Nachtfahrt" (Night Trip) was published to much acclaim in 2002 and won the Marlowe Prize for Best Crime Novel. His wife is a native of Finland, and they spend time both there and in Germany.His 2007 novel The Silence (German: Das Schweigen) has been adapted to a 2010 German film of the same name in English; the original name of the film in German is Das letzte Schweigen, i.e. The last Silence. -
Manfred Theisen
Manfred Theisen studierte Germanistik, Anglistik und Politik, forschte zwei Jahre für das Innenministerium in der Sowjetunion und leitete eine Tageszeitungsredaktion. Seine Bücher wurden ausgezeichnet, auf die Auswahllisten der Rundfunkanstalten gesetzt und in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt. Der Autor hat vier Kinder und lebt mit seiner Familie in Köln. Auf Anfrage hält er Lesungen und führt Workshops durch.
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Gerlinde Friewald
Sobald sie lesen konnte, hat Gerlinde Friewald gelesen. Sobald sie schreiben konnte, hat sie geschrieben. Was früher nebenbei geschah und auch in ihren Beruf in der Werbung und PR naturgemäß einfloss, betreibt sie seit über zehn Jahren als Hauptpassion: Schreiben. Mit ihrer Familie lebt sie im Süden Wiens in Österreich, genau zwischen „dem Land“ und „der Stadt“. Für die Freunde der Astrologie: Sie ist im Sternzeichen Stier, Aszendent Steinbock, Mond im Krebs. Gerlinde Friewald ist in verschiedenen Genres der Unterhaltungsliteratur beheimatet. Besonders wichtig sind für sie – ob Thriller oder Liebesroman – die Spannung und das Gefühl für die Menschen in der Geschichte.
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Mark Benecke
Mark Benecke is a German forensic biologist and medical examiner.
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Magdalen Nabb
MAGDALEN NABB was born in Lancashire in 1947 and trained as a potter. In 1975 she abandoned pottery, sold her home and her car, and came to Florence with her son, knowing nobody and speaking no Italian. She has lived there ever since, and pursues a dual career as crime writer and children's author.
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She has written fourteen crime novels featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri, all set in Florence, which she describes as 'a very secret city. Walk down any residential street and you have no idea what is going on behind those blank walls. It's a problem the Marshal comes up against all the time.'
Magdalen Nabb also writes the immensely successful Josie Smith books, set in her native Lancashire, which form the basis of the Granada children -
Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru, April 11, 1908, Nikkō City, Japan – December 19, 1997, Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony.
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Ibuka graduated in 1933 from Waseda University. After graduating, he went to work at Photo-Chemical Laboratory, a company which processed movie film. He later served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, being a member of the Imperial Navy Wartime Research Committee. In 1946, he left the company and navy, and founded a bombed out radio repair shop in Tokyo.
In 1946 Ibuka and Akio Morita co-founded Sony Corporation, originally named Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (prior to 1958). Ibuka was instrumental in securing the licensing of transistor technology to -
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Ima Ahorn
Ima Ahorn begeistert sich für Reisen, fremde Kulturen und das Leben in der Natur. Schon als Kind verschlang sie Abenteuerromane, Märchen und Geschichten über Entdecker. Bereits damals bedauerte sie, dass die Zeit der großen Entdeckungen inzwischen vorüber ist. Ihre Liebe zur Fantasy und fantasievollen Welten kam später dazu.
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Heute schreibt Ima Historische Fantasy. Ihre Helden leben in einer Zeit, als es auf unserem Globus noch unerforschte Gebiete und unentdeckte Wunder gab. Als es möglich war, dass sich irgendwo noch Drachen und Zauberer verbergen.
Ihre Inspiration findet Ima auf Reisen, in Romanen und den Berichten früher Entdecker.