Alfred Bekker

Alfred Bekker (born September 27, 1964 in Borghorst ) is a German writer and currently works primarily as an author of fantasy novels, crime novels and books for young people. Until 2008 he was one of the main authors of the novel series Sternenfaust .

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To date, Bekker has published more than 350 novels and around 1000 short stories in all genres of entertainment literature, which often appear in multiple editions and sometimes as translations in other European countries.

He established himself successfully as the author of fantasy novels under titles such as The Realm of the Elves , The Kings of the Elves and The War of the Elves ; Gorian-The Legacy of Blades , Gorian-The Guardians of Magic and Gorian-In the Realm of Winter as well as in the children's and youth book area, where he mainly took on historical and fantastic material. In this area he established book series such as Da Vinci's Cases , Tatort Mittelalter , Das Fußball-Boardat or Ragnar the Vikings and wrote individual titles such as Raid on the Dragon Ship .

He originally came from the fields of science fiction and fantasy , but was initially successful in other genres such as westerns , crime fiction and horror due to the market situation . However, through his involvement in the science fiction series Sternenfaust , Ren Dhark , Bad Earth , Titan Star Adventure and SYNDIC (together with Perry Rhodan author Conrad Shepherd ), science fiction had become the strongest single division in Bekker's work for a number of years.

A fantasy novel for the role-playing game Midgard appeared under the title The Gate to Ta-Meket , after he had previously published fantasy novels Andrala - The Sub-town , The Search for Dhum and Ax Warrior - The Wanderer . He was the author of the horror series Jessica Bannister and for about eight years he has been writing Jerry Cotton magazines and paperbacks, as well as non-series crime novels and thrillers. The first three volumes of the crime series Tatort Mittelalter, conceived and written by Bekker, were published by Verlag Carl Ueberreuter .

He also developed the story for a crime game , a subspecies of live role-playing games .

Pseudonyms

In addition to the work under his own name, Bekker publishes many works under pseudonyms . He mainly uses the following names:

• Dave Branford
• Brian Carisi
• Neal Chadwick (for the series Kommissar X and a paperback novel for the RTL crime series Quincy , as well as western magazines for Bastei und Kelter )
• Jerry Cotton (as the publisher's pseudonym for the novel series of the same name)
• John Devlin (Horror Novels for Teens)
• Janet Farell (publishing pseudonym for the series Jessica Bannister )
• Sidney Gardner (the Patricia Vanhelsing novels at Kelter and audio books)
• Leslie Garber (horror novels for women in the wine press series Irrlicht , Mitternacht and Gaslicht )
• Robert Gruber (mountain novels)
• Chris Heller
• Jack Raymond (Western book novels at Bastei und Kelter)
• Henry Rohmer (Western book novels at Bastei and Kelter, fantasy book novels at König)
• Ashley Parker (for a historical pirate novel in collaboration with WA Hary )
• Conny Walden

Works

Elven trilogy

• Alfred Bekker: The realm of the elves. Egmont LYX , Cologne 2007, ISBN 3-8025-8127-X .
• Alfred Bekker: The kings of the elves. Egmont LYX, Cologne 2007, ISBN 3-8025-8128-8 .
• Alfred Bekker: The War of the Elves. Egmont LYX, Cologne 2008, ISBN 3-8025-8142-3 .

Gorian series

• Alfred Bekker: The Legacy of Blades. Blanvalet , Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-26763-7 .
• Alfred Bekker: The Guardians of Magic. Blanvalet, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-26764-4 .
• Alfred Bekker: In the realm of winter Blanvalet, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-26765-1 .

Dwarf children

• Alfred Bekker: The magic of the dwarfs. Schneider book Egmont , Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-505-12897-4 .
• Alfred Bekker: The dwarves' magic ax. Schneider book Egmont, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-505-12898-1 .
• Alfred Bekker: The dragon island of the dwarfs. Schneider book Egmont, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-505-12899-8 .
• Alfred Bekker: The crystal of the dwarfs. Schneider book Egmont, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-505-13081-6

The Dragon Earth saga

• Alfred Bekker: Dragon Curse. Lyx , 2008, ISBN 978-3-8025-8163-2 .
• Alfred Bekker: Dragon Ring. Lyx, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8025-8164-9 .
• Alfred Bekker: Dragon throne. Lyx, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8025-8165-6 .

Da Vinci's Falls

• Alfred Bekker: Leonardo and the secret of the Villa Medici. Arena , 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-50008-9 .
• Alfred Bekker: Leonardo and the Florence conspirators. Arena, 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-50009-6 .
• Alfred Bekker: Leonardo and the riddle of the alchemist. Arena, 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-50010-2 .
• Alfred Bekker: Leonardo and the dungeon of the black riders. Arena, 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-50011-9 .
• Alfred Bekker: Leonardo and the curse of black death. Arena, 2009, ISBN 978-3-401-50012-6 .
• Alfred Bekker: Leonardo and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sword. Arena, 2009, ISBN 978-3-401-50013-3 .

Elf children

• The Jewel of the Elves , 2009, ISBN 3-505-12555-5
• The Sword of the Elves , 2009, ISBN 3-505-12556-3
• The Magic of the Elves , 2009, ISBN 3-505-12557-1
• The Flaming Spears of the Elves , 2010, ISBN 3-505-12558-X
• In the Centaur Forest of the Elves , 2010, ISBN 3-505-12559-8
• The Spirits of the Elves , 2011, ISBN 3-505-12560-1
• The Ice Demons of the Elves , 2011, ISBN 3-505-12561-X

The wild orcs

• Attack of the Orcs , 2011, ISBN 3-8000-5607-0
• The Curse of Dwarf Gold , 2011, ISBN 3-8000-5608-9
• The Dragon Attack , 2011, ISBN 3-8000-5644-5
• Storm on the Elven Empire , 2012 ISBN 3-8000-5672-0
• Raid of the Trolls , 2012 ISBN 3-8000-5692-5

Individual works (excerpt)

• AVALON - Space Fighter , BVK Buch Verlag Kempen, ISBN 978-3-86740-217-0
• Companions of Magic , BVK Buch Verlag Kempen, ISBN 978-3-86740-218-7
• Mystic High School - the time of the werewolves , BVK Buch Verlag Kempen, ISBN 978-3-86740-219-4
• The book Edro , 2002, ISBN 3-935706-04-9
• Ax Warrior - The Nameless One , 2002, ISBN 3-931164-38-1
• Yys' Seer , 2003, ISBN 3-936229-12-0
• Mega Killer - Revenge from Cyber-Space , 2003, ISBN 3-936229-13-9
• Radiant Hell Messiah , 2004, ISBN 3-936229-85-6
• Reign of the Elderly , 2011, ISBN 3-935265-89-1

The numerous notebooks are not listed.

Web links

• official page
• Literature by and about Alfred Bekker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alfred Bekker in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Interview on literatopia.de, March 2009
• Alfred Bekker on a fantastic couch
• BVK book publishing house Kempen

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• http://www.alfredbekker.de
• http://www.buchverlagkempen.de/wirueberuns/bvkautoren/17-bekker-alfred