Colin Cotterill

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Colin Cotterill (born October 2, 1952 in London ) is a British writer and cartoonist .

Life

After studying education, Cotterill started a world tour . For a long time he worked as a physical education teacher in Israel , as a primary school teacher in Australia , as a counselor for disabled students in the USA and as a university lecturer in Japan . In Southeast Asia he campaigned for the training and further education of teachers. On behalf of UNESCO , Cotterill wrote the 40-part language course English by accident for Laotian television. There he also founded a non-governmental organization committed to child protection. After leading this for two years and dealing intensively with the issues of child rights and abuse, he switched to ECPAT , an international organization against child prostitution and pornography.

To date (2014), Cotterill spends a large part of his time in Southeast Asia . In Bangkok he became a columnist for the Bangkok Post . There and in Phuket he came into contact with ECPAT and other NGOs that fight against the forced prostitution ( trafficking ) of young people and children.

Cotterill has been writing books since 2001. In the meantime, twelve novels, some columns and other publications have appeared, in which topics such as children's rights and descriptions of Southeast Asia can be found again and again. His cycle around the Laotian forensic specialist “Dr. Siri Paiboun ". His literary works have meanwhile been awarded several prizes and Cotterill is also in demand as a cartoonist. He has been drawing for various magazines since 1990 and has published his own volumes. Due to the success of his work, he founded the Books for Laos program, in which he and his fans donate books to Lao school centers.

Colin Cotterill is a second married and lives in a fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand .

Honors

Works (selection)

Dr. Siri series
  • Dr. Siri and his dead. ("The Coroner's Lunch", 2004). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-54642-8 .
  • Dr. Siri sees ghosts. ("Thirty-Three Teeth", 2005). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-54644-2 .
  • Dance of Death for Dr. Siri. ("Disco for the Departed", 2006). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-54665-7 .
  • Letters to a blind man - Dr. Siri is investigating. ("Anarchy and Old Dogs", 2007). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-54680-0 .
  • The dead man in the freezer - Dr. Siri is investigating. ("Curse of the Pogo Stick", 2008). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-54681-7 .
  • The cheerful misogynist - Dr. Siri is investigating. ("The Merry Misogynist", 2009). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-54682-4 .
  • Funeral song for Dr. Siri - Dr. Siri is investigating. ("Love Songs from a Shallow Grave", 2010). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-54738-8 .
  • Dr. Siri and the exploding dragon. ("Slash and Burn", 2011). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-54754-8 .
  • Dr. Siri and the ghost woman. ("The Woman Who Wouldn't Die", 2013). German by Thomas Mohr. Manhattan, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-442-54768-5 .
  • Dr. Siri and the tears of Madame Daeng ("Six and a half deadly sins", 2015). German by Thomas Mohr. Goldmann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-442-31474-4 .
  • Dr. Siri and the Missing Monk - Dr. Siri is investigating. ("I Shot the Buddha", 2016). German by Thomas Mohr. Goldmann, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-442-31523-9 .
Jimm-Juree series
  • The dead man wears a hat - A Thailand crime thriller. ("Killed at the Whim of a Hat", 2011). German by Jörn Ingwersen. Goldman, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-47702-9 .
  • A head doesn't make a corpse - A Thailand thriller. ("Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach," 2012). German by Jörn Ingwersen. Goldman, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-48127-9 .
  • With ax, charm and bowler hat - A Thailand thriller. ("The Ax Factor", 2014). German by Jörn Ingwersen. Goldman, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-48260-3 .
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personal data
SURNAME Cotterill, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer and cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH London