Anette Strohmeyer

Anette Strohmeyer (2016)

Anette Strohmeyer (born September 26, 1975 in Göttingen ) is a German author of thrillers , crime novels , fantasy novels and radio plays .

biography

Anette Strohmeyer graduated from high school in Northeim in 1995 . She studied geology / paleontology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen up to the 4th semester. She then completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith, which she completed as a journeyman in 2001. She has lived in Copenhagen with her husband (geologist) since 2018 , after having lived in Düsseldorf for almost ten years .

Career as an author

At the beginning of 2012, her first novel Menschenhunger from the Ondragon - Mystery - Thriller series was published by Psychothriller GmbH . The sequel to the Dead Harvest appeared at the end of 2012 . Two more Ondragon novels followed: Nullpunkt (2014) and Seelenflut (2016) . All books in the Ondragon series that have appeared so far are available as e-books , paperbacks and audio books (read by David Nathan , produced by Audible Studios ). Volume 1 of the Ondragon series was also published as a hardcover in 2017. The fifth volume was published in spring 2019. At the same time, she is developing the second volume in her Tom Skagen series. The start of the crime series based in Scandinavia was published under the title Kalter Strand in March 2019 by Gmeiner-Verlag . Since 2014 she has also been working as a freelance writer a. a. for Bastei Lübbe , the Gmeiner-Verlag , Audible GmbH and the audio play labelsequencing of the Universal Music Group .

Collaborations with other authors

In cooperation with the author and radio play producer Ivar Leon Menger , crime and thriller author Raimon Weber , author Hendrik Buchna ( Die Drei ??? ), Simon X. Rost ( Die Playmos etc.) and John Beckmann (co-author Terminal 3 by Ivar Leon Menger) Anette Strohmeyer wrote the mystery series Porterville in 2013 . This was initially published as an e-book , and from the end of 2013 to 2014 also as an audio book series. Due to the success of Porterville , the author trio Menger / Strohmeyer / Weber decided to write another project in 2015: the horror / mystery radio play series Monster 1983 . For the production of the radio play series, some of the most famous German dubbing and radio play speakers were used.

In addition to her own projects, the author develops series materials and concepts together with other authors in the so-called Writers' Room. One result of this working concept is the thriller Cold Reset - Remembrance is fatal , written together with the authors Martin Conrath , Sabine Klewe , Ralf Pingel, and Markus Stromiedel , published in 2017 by Bastei Lübbe .

The author Anette Strohmeyer is a member of the Murderous Sisters , the association of German-speaking crime writers, and of the syndicate .

Pseudonyms

Anne Nordby - Anette Strohmeyer's Scandinavian crime series about special investigator Tom Skagen was published by Gmeiner Verlag under this pseudonym

AP Sterling - this is the name under which Anette Strohmeyer's novels appear in the Fantasy genre and the Dark Fantasy sub-genre

Noah Alexander - pseudonym of the five-person team of authors who worked on the novel Cold Reset for the writers room project Five Weeks, Five Authors, a novel by Bastei Lübbe : Martin Conrath , Sabine Klewe , Ralf Pingel, Anette Strohmeyer and Markus Stromiedel

Anette Strohmeyer's sporting career

Anette Pieper (Strohmeyer) playing basketball

Her parents, who were both basketball players, brought Anette Strohmeyer to this sport as a child and from the age of 18 she played (under her maiden name Anette Pieper) in the 2nd women's basketball league north for the BG 74 Göttingen. Due to her size (180 cm) she mainly occupied the positions center and grand piano. After moving to Düsseldorf in 2009, she continued to play in the Ober- and Regionalliga West on Osterarther TV. She says of herself that competitive sport has taught her the discipline you need to write a book: "To be able to hold out from the first to the last word."

Works

Novels (e-book / paperback)

Ondragon series

2012: Volume 1 - Human Hunger - Psychothriller Verlag , 2012, ISBN 978-3-942261-30-2
2012: Volume 2 - Totenernte - Psychothriller Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-942261-38-8
2014: Volume 3 - Nullpunkt - Psychothriller Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-942261-67-8
2016: Volume 4 - Seelenflut - Psychothriller Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-942261-76-0

Ondragon hardcover edition

2017: Volume 1 - Human Hunger - Psychothriller Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-942261-78-4

Skagen crime series (as Anne Nordby)

2019: Kalter Strand - Tom Skagen's first case, Gmeiner Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3839224250

Bestiary series (as AP Sterling)

2016: The Brotherhood of the Black Mask - Bastei Entertainment, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7325-3156-1

Writers' Room (as Noah Alexander)

2017: Cold Reset - Remembering is fatal - Bastei Lübbe, 2017, ISBN 978-3-404-17611-3

Raen saga

2011: Raen - The Seal of the Oracle , Part 1 - Self-published by Bookrix, 2011
2011: Raen - The Seal of the Oracle , Part 2 - Self-published by Bookrix, 2011

Radio plays (download / CD / stream)

Monster 1983

Coproductions with Ivar Leon Menger and Raimon Weber

2015: Season 1 - Audible Download, Lübbe Audio 2017 CD box version, episodes 4, 6 and 8
2016: Season 2 - Audible Download, Lübbe Audio 2018 CD box version, episodes 5, 7 and 9
2017: Season 3 - Audible Download, Lübbe Audio 2018 CD box version, episodes 6, 7 and 8

Audio books

2013: Porterville - episodes 2, 8 and 17, read by Simon Jäger , Martina Treger , Oliver Rohrbeck - in coproduction with Ivar Leon Menger , Raimon Weber , Hendrik Buchna , Simon X. Rost and John Beckmann. Consequential, Universal Music Family Entertainment , CD and Download

2014: Ondragon - Human Hunger - Read by David Nathan . Audible, unabridged 14:02 hours, audiobook download
2015: Ondragon - Harvest of the Dead - Read by David Nathan. Audible, unabridged 14:22 hours, audiobook download
2015: Ondragon - Zero Point - Read by David Nathan. Audible, unabridged 16:21 hours, audiobook download
2017: Ondragon - Flood of Souls - Read by David Nathan. Audible, unabridged 15:19 hours, audiobook download

Short stories

2012: U 76 - anthology : Düsseldorf left bank of the Rhine . Edition Oberkassel, 2012, ISBN 978-3-943121-09-4

Prizes and awards

2017: Best radio play 2016 for Monster 1983 (1st season) - voted by the OhrCast listeners
2018: Radio play of the year 2017 for Monster 1983 (3rd season) - chosen by the readers of the radio play magazine Playtaste

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Interview and report: The Göttinger Tageblatt in conversation with Anette Strohmeyer. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
^ Gmeiner Verlag on Anne Nordby / Anette Strohmeyer. Gmeiner Verlag to Anne Nordby / Anette Strohmeyer. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ Psychothriller Verlag overview of authors and information. Psychothriller Verlag author overview and info. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
↑ Silvia Jonas: Behind the Scenes of Monster 1983 radio play. In: magazin.audible.de. October 30, 2015, accessed January 14, 2019 .
^ Ivar Leon Menger's Monster 1983: Cast. In: ivarleonmenger.de. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
↑ DNV Online - Bastei Lübbe starts Writers Room. DNV writers room online report. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
↑ Bastei Lübbe about the Cold Reset team of authors. Overview of authors by Bastei Lübbe. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
↑ Anette Strohmeyer at Mörderische Schwestern e. V. Website of the association Mörderische Schwestern e. V. Accessed January 16, 2019.
↑ Friends of the "Syndicate" website Anette Strohmeyer on das-syndikat.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
↑ HNA report on Anette Strohmeyer. HNA: From basket hunter to author. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Strohmeyer, Anette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nordby, Anne (pseudonym); Sterling, AP (pseudonym); Alexander, Noah (collective pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goettingen

[1] Interview and report: The Göttinger Tageblatt in conversation with Anette Strohmeyer. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .

[2] Gmeiner Verlag on Anne Nordby / Anette Strohmeyer. Gmeiner Verlag to Anne Nordby / Anette Strohmeyer. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[3] Psychothriller Verlag overview of authors and information. Psychothriller Verlag author overview and info. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[4] Silvia Jonas: Behind the Scenes of Monster 1983 radio play. In: magazin.audible.de. October 30, 2015, accessed January 14, 2019 .

[5] Ivar Leon Menger's Monster 1983: Cast. In: ivarleonmenger.de. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .

[6] DNV Online - Bastei Lübbe starts Writers Room. DNV writers room online report. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[7] Bastei Lübbe about the Cold Reset team of authors. Overview of authors by Bastei Lübbe. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[8] Anette Strohmeyer at Mörderische Schwestern e. V. Website of the association Mörderische Schwestern e. V. Accessed January 16, 2019.

[9] Friends of the "Syndicate" website Anette Strohmeyer on das-syndikat.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[10] HNA report on Anette Strohmeyer. HNA: From basket hunter to author. Retrieved January 14, 2019.