Astrid Paprotta

Astrid Paprotta (born May 31, 1957 in Düren ) is a German writer .

She studied curative education and psychology and worked in various psychiatric institutions before switching to journalism . In addition to reports and essays , she wrote two books on advertising . Astrid Paprotta published her first novel in 1997 . More detective novels followed . Today she lives and works in Frankfurt am Main .

Works

1996 Melitta man chases Dr. Best ; Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn. ISBN 3-8218-3404-8
1997 The moon started dancing ; Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn. ISBN 3-8218-0484-X
1999 mimicry ; Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn. ISBN 3-8218-0788-1
2002 red diver ; Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn. ISBN 3-8218-0867-5
2004 The unvarnished truth ; Munich, Zurich: Piper. ISBN 3-492-27077-8
2005 The Lioness's Den ; Munich, Zurich: Piper. ISBN 3-492-27096-4
2007 death by fire ; Munich, Zurich: Piper. ISBN 3-492-27129-4

2009 Eigenheim (with Hans Henner Hess ; TV film from the series SOKO Wismar ; director: Felix Herzogenrath )
2009 Top and Bottom (TV film from the series SOKO Wismar ; Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg )
2009 ... there will be grief and pain (TV film from the series Tatort , director: Friedemann Fromm )
2010 The Last Patient (TV film from the series Tatort , director: Friedemann Fromm )
2013 The Puppeteer (TV film from the series Der Kriminalist , director: Christian Görlitz )

with Regina Schneider: Aldidente - 30 days of cheap feasting. A discounter is being researched . (Cookbook), Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-8218-1389-X .
with Regina Schneider: All these years again - stories and recipes . (Cookbook), Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-8218-1469-1 .
with Constanze Kleis : Wow! - the wonderful world of dogs and humans . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-8218-3695-4 .

2005 German Crime Prize - National (1st place) for The unvarnished truth
2006 Friedrich-Glauser-Preis for Die Höhle der Löwin (In the explanation: Astrid Paprotta wrote a detective novel with “Die Höhle der Löwin” with a lot of psychological feeling for the actions of her characters. In her detective novel she not only describes the fight between two Women for justice, but also the insoluble conflicts that people get into when they wage this fight consistently.)
2008 Crime of the year 2007 (6th place) in the KrimiWelt best list for death by fire

Dieter Paul Rudolph: The signs of the four - Astrid Paprotta and her Ina-Henkel crime novels ; Wuppertal: Nordpark 2007.