Axel Meyer (journalist)
Axel S. Meyer , pseudonym Alex Ryber (* 1968 in Braunschweig ) is a German journalist and author of historical novels . After studying German and history, he moved to Rostock in 1998 to work as a journalist for the Ostsee-Zeitung .
Life
One of his first experiences in creative writing was the crime novel Die im Dunkeln WAITING , written in 2004 and published in March 2014 by KBV-Verlag under the pseudonym Alex Ryber .
In 2009, Axel S. Meyer submitted a manuscript to the competition "Historical Novel of the Year" organized by Rowohlt Verlag and won first prize. This resulted in the publication of his novel Book of Sins in August 2010 .
In September 2012, Jarl Hakon's first novel , The Song of Death, followed . The sequels The White Gold of the North (2014) and The Sword of the Gods (2016) followed in this series . All novels deal with Christianization in northern Central Europe shortly before the turn of the first millennium.
The historical novel Das Handelshaus was published in May 2019 . The novel is set in the 16th century and is based in part on the history of the Loitz entrepreneurial dynasty from Szczecin , with the author also using fictional characters. An opponent of Loitz - in the novel the author uses the old name "Loytz" - is the Elector Joachim II. Hector . The trading house was one of three historical novels on the shortlist for "Book of the Year 2019" by the online magazine Histo-Couch.
Works
Historical novels
- The book of sins , Rowohlt Verlag , 2010, 784 pp., ISBN 978-3-499-25380-5
- The trading house , Rowohlt Verlag , 2019, 624 pages, ISBN 978-3-499-27443-5
Series about Hakon , Jarl of Hladir :
- The song of death , Rowohlt Verlag , 2012, 640 pages, ISBN 978-3-499-25767-4
- The white gold of the north , Rowohlt Verlag , 2014, 672 pages, ISBN 978-3-499-26714-7
- The sword of the gods , Rowohlt Verlag , 2016, 672 pp. ISBN 978-3-499-27154-0
Crime (as Alex Ryber)
- Waiting in the dark , KBV-Verlag , 2014, 200 pages, ISBN 978-3954411580
Web links
- Axel Meyer Homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detective stories / stories on your own homepage
- ↑ Vita on your own homepage
- ↑ Axel S. Meyer on histo-couch.de ( Memento from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Thorsten Czarkowski: Business crime against a historical backdrop. In: Ostsee Zeitung. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Literatur-Couch Medien GmbH & Co KG: Book of the Year 2019. February 9, 2020, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Axel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Axel S .; Ryber, Alex (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author of historical novels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |