Jörg Kastner
Jörg Kastner (* 1962 in Minden ) is a German writer .
Life and work
After graduating from the Besselgymnasium in Minden and completing military service, Kastner studied law at Bielefeld University from 1984 . During his studies he started writing magazine articles and short stories. Also for magazine novels like Jerry Cotton , Trucker King and the self-designed series ! Amerika! he contributed numerous volumes. In 1991 his first book was published: Das große Raumschiff Orion Fanbuch. In 1993 Kastner passed the second state examination as a fully qualified lawyer , but decided against a legal career. Instead, he pursued a professional career as a freelance writer with fantastic short stories and historical novels . In the mid-1990s, Kastner made his breakthrough to a broad reading public with the German saga about Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker).
Kastner's greatest book success so far is the Vatican thriller about the angelic pope .
Jörg Kastner lives as a freelance writer with his wife Corinna in Hanover .
Works
Mystery thriller
- Angel trilogy:
- The Angel Pope (2000)
- The Angel Curse (2003)
- The Angel Prince (2006)
- Mozartzauber (2001), new edition 2004 under the title Sonnenkreis
- Devil Books:
- Devil number (2008)
- Son of the Devil (2010)
Historical novels
- Germanic saga:
- Thorag or The Return of the Germanic (1996)
- The eagle of Germanicu s (1997)
- Marbod or The Discord of the Teutons (1998)
- The Teutons of Ravenna (1999)
- Arminius - Prince of the Teutons (2001)
- Anno 1074 - The uprising against the Archbishop of Cologne (1998)
- Anno 1076 - The shadows of Cologne
- The Wings of Poseidon (1996)
- The Oasis of Scheitan (2000)
- In the shadow of Notre-Dame (2000)
- Widukind's Wolves (August 2001)
- The color blue (February 2005)
- The True Cross (March 2007)
- The Tulip of Evil (November 2008)
Fantastic novels
- The rune sword (1997)
- The Nebelkinder (2000)
- The Stone Princess (July 2002)
Thrillers and detective stories
- When the golem wakes up
- Dr. Watson and the Sherlock Holmes case
- Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Sumatr a
Books on film & television
- The Great Spaceship Orion Fan Book (1991)
- The great Karl May book (1992)
- Foam patrol
- speed
Web links
- Literature by and about Jörg Kastner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jörg Kastner's homepage
- AVA author section Jörg Kastner
- AVA author section Corinna Kastner
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Kastner's Worlds - About the Person - My Life and Writing. Retrieved February 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Information on groschenhefte.de . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 28, 2016 ; accessed on March 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Jörg Kastner - author portrait | AVA international GmbH - Roman Hocke's author and publishing agency. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 8, 2012 ; Retrieved February 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kastner, Jörg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minden on the Weser |