Anne Zouroudi

Anne Zouroudi (* 1959 in Lincolnshire ) is an English writer.

Life

Zouroudi was born in Lincolnshire, but came to South Yorkshire with her family at the age of two . She grew up near the Pennine Way and graduated from Sheffield High School for Girls .

After completing her studies, she worked in the IT industry; first in the Financial District of New York ( Wall Street ), later she moved to Denver ( Colorado ) and worked there for various investment companies. Zouroudi's first attempts at writing date from this time; mostly short stories.

On the occasion of a vacation on a Greek island, Zouroudi immediately became enthusiastic about the country. She later married a Greek and had a son with him. Currently (2013) Zouroudi lives with her son in Derbyshire .

Honors

• 2011 East Midland Book Award for her novel The whispers of Nemesis

reception

Enthusiastic about the landscape of the Greek islands, Zouroudi began to incorporate it into her short stories. The stories about their protagonist “Hermes Diaktoros” soon grew into a cycle of novels, the individual volumes of which were highly praised by the public as well as by critics upon publication.

In addition to the criminal cases that Hermes Diaktoros has to clear up, the seven volumes in this series also deal with one of the seven deadly sins : "The messenger of Athens" ( lust ), "The taint of Midas" ( greed ), "The doctor of Thessaly" ( Envy ), "The Lady of sorrows" ( anger ), "The whispers of Nemesis" ( arrogance ), "The bull of Mithros" ( laziness ) and "The Feast of Arthemis" ( gluttony ).

Works (selection)

• The mysteries of the Greek detective . Bloomsbury, London 2008ff

1. The messenger of Athens . Bloomsbury, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7475-9771-1 .
2. The taint of Midas . Bloomsbury, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7475-9576-2 .
3. The doctor of Thessaly . Bloomsbury, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-408-80109-3 .
4. The lady of Sorrows . Bloomsbury, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-408-80985-3 .
5. The whispers of nemesis . Bloomsbury, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-408-81819-0 .
6. The bull of Mithros . Bloomsbury, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-408-81938-8 .
7. The Feast of Arthemis . Bloomsbury, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-408-83751-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Anne Zouroudi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Anne Zouroudi ( Memento from June 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )