Dan Fesperman

Dan Fesperman

Dan Fesperman (born September 15, 1955 in the USA ) is an American journalist and writer .

Life

Dan Fesperman grew up in Charlotte, USA . After studying journalism and history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , he worked as a journalist for the Miami Herald and the Baltimore Sun, among others . From 1993 to 1996 he reported on the Yugoslav wars as a correspondent from the Sun's Berlin office . His trip to Sarajevo in 1994 inspired his award-winning first novel, Lie in the Dark (dt. Lie in the dark ).

Awards

• 1999 John Creasey Memorial (New Blood) Dagger Award for Lie in the dark (German: Lie in the dark )
• 2003 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for The Small Boat of Great Sorrows
• 2007 Hammett Prize for The Prisoner of Guantánamo

Works

• Lie in the dark. No Exit Press, 1999, ISBN 1-901982-68-8 .
  • German translation by Andree Hesse : Lügen im Dunkeln. Ullstein Verlag , 2002, ISBN 3-548-25301-6 .
  • French translation by Christophe Moras: Mort à Sarajevo. Editions de Fallois , 2008, ISBN 978-2-87706-667-9 .
  • Greek translation: Ψέματα υπεράνω πάσης υποψίας. Κέδρος (Kedros) , 2001, ISBN 960-04-1875-6 .
  • Italian translation: Il poliziotto di Sarajevo. Mondadori, 2001, ISBN 84-305-1716-2 .
  • Japanese translation of 佐 和 誠 (Sawa Makoto): フ ェ ス パ ー マ ン ダ ン. ハ ヤ カ ワ 文庫 (Hayakawa) , 2005, ISBN 4-15-040947-1 .
  • Dutch translation: De sluipmoordenaar. Van Holkema, 1999, ISBN 90-269-8192-9 .
  • Portuguese translation: Escondido No Escuro. Bestseller, 2002, ISBN 85-7123-769-7 .
• The Small Boat of Great Sorrows. Black Swan , 2003, ISBN 0-552-15023-1 .
  • Dutch translation: Het tribunaal. Van Holkema, 2003, ISBN 90-269-8280-1 .
  • Spanish translation by Fabian Chueca Crespo: El Barco de los Grandes Pesares. RBA Libros , 2012, ISBN 978-84-9006-252-4 .
• The Warlord's Son.Black Swan, 2004, ISBN 0-375-41473-8 .
  • French translation by Isabelle Caron: Le fils du Seigneur de la guerre. Editions de Fallois, 2006, ISBN 2-87706-569-3 .
• The Prisoner of Guantanamo. Hodder & Stoughton , 2006, ISBN 0-340-89681-7 .
  • Dutch translation by Mieke Vastbinder: De gevangene van Guantánamo. Anthos, 2006, ISBN 90-414-0979-3 .
  • Romanian translation by Radu Mihail Greceanu: Prizonierul din Guantanamo. Humanitas, 2007, ISBN 978-973-689-187-8 .
  • Spanish translation by Fabian Chueca Crespo: El Prisionero De Guantanamo. RBA Libros, 2008, ISBN 978-84-9867-184-1 .
• The Amateur Spy. Hodder & Stoughton, 2007, ISBN 978-0-340-89683-9 .
  • Dutch translation: De amateurspion. Anthos, 2007, ISBN 978-90-414-1303-1 .
• The Arms Maker of Berlin. Hodder & Stoughton, 2009, ISBN 978-0-340-96126-1 .
  • Dutch translation by Ed van Eeden: De wapenhandelaar van Berlijn. Anthos, 2009, ISBN 978-90-414-0980-5 .
• Layover in Dubai. Knopf , 2010, ISBN 978-0-307-26838-9 .
• The double game. Knopf, 2012, ISBN 978-0-307-70013-1 .

Web links

• Dan Fesperman homepage
• Dan Fesperman on krimi-couch.de

Remarks

1. ↑ year of the award ceremony; the IACW / NA only records the year the book was published