Elke Achtner-Theiss

Elke Achtner-Theiss (* 1951 ) is a German journalist and non-fiction author and - under the pseudonym Ella Theiss - the author of detective novels .

Live and act

After studying German and sociology with a Magister Artium degree , she did a traineeship and then worked as an editor at the Frankfurter Rundschau . Afterwards she was the chief editor within the community work of Protestant journalism in the EKD .

Later, she worked primarily in the food and ecology sector as a journalist and non-fiction author - she worked as a freelance editor for BioHandel and ReformhausKURIER (editor-in-chief) and as editor-in-chief of the natural food magazine Schrot & Korn . In addition, she published numerous articles in the Berliner Zeitung , the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , the North Hessian Transport Association , under oekolandbau.de ( BÖLN ) and in the Öko-Test magazine.

Since 2006 she has published several short stories in anthologies under the pseudonym Ella Theiss and since 2009 three crime novels, which have received numerous reviews from literary critics, such as: As the Focus , the side of the track to the "five best thrillers of the summer 2012" was one. She has also been nominated several times for literary prizes and was awarded 2nd place at the Gerhard Beier Prize 2010 for her debut novel The Devil's Spit .

Elke Achtner-Theiss or Ella Theiss is a member of the syndicate and of the Murderous Sisters . She lives near Darmstadt , is married, has two grown daughters and three grandchildren.

Awards

• 2006: Nomination for an alternative media award
• 2006: Top ten at the Story Olympiad
• 2010: 2nd place at the Gerhard Beier Prize for The Devil's Spit
• 2013: 2nd place at the Freiburg Crime Prize for Der Versager
• 2013: Quo Vadis Short Stories Prize for Das Hurenkind
• 2017: Nomination for the Friedrich Glauser Prize 2017 in the Short Story for Longing category , in: Search Trödel, Find Corpse , KBV-Verlag 2016.
• 2017: Nomination for the Ralf Bender Prize for Crime Short Stories

bibliography

Fiction

Short prose

• Everything short and sweet - stories of righteous anger . Short thrillers. Original e-book edition: Edition Gegenwind - Kindle Direct Publishing , Berlin 2019. ISBN 978-3-9821005-1-7 .

Novels

• The devil's spit . Historical detective novel. Grafit Verlag , Dortmund 2009. ISBN 978-3-89425-609-8 ; Paperback edition 2011. ISBN 978-3-89425-614-2 ; New e-book edition: Edition Gegenwind - neobooks , Berlin 2019. ISBN 978-3-7427-0487-0 .
• Beside the track . Detective novel. Grafit Verlag, Dortmund 2012. ISBN 978-3-89425-402-5 ; Licensed edition: Bertelsmann Lesering , Rheda-Wiedenbrück 2014.
• Duo with Beretta - a detective novel from Darmstadt . Prolibris Verlag, Kassel 2016. ISBN 978-3-95475-135-8 .

Editorships

• Criminal Christmas on the North Sea islands . Windspiel Verlag, Scharbeutz 2015. ISBN 978-3-944399-36-2 .

Children's and young people's literature

• Eco tips for kids - a book about clothes, hobbies, food, partying and other everyday stuff . With drawings by Felix Görmann alias Flix . Verlag Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 1994. ISBN 978-3-923478-97-2 .

Non-fiction

• Guide to toddlers . Ed .: Jürgen Stellpflug (editor), Irene Stratenwerth . Rowohlt Verlag , Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990 (fully revised new edition, 151-162 thousand 1996). ISBN 978-3-499-18518-2 .
• Ecology in the household - a critical advisor . Completely reworked Edition or updated new edition of the template by Nika Hartmann with a foreword by Joschka Fischer . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1991 (4th edition), ISBN 3-923478-45-3 .
• Black art on green paths - book production according to ecological principles . Add. with Matthias Buchert and Volrad Wollny. Steidl Verlag , Göttingen 1997. ISBN 978-3-88243-383-8 .
• Swiss chard and parsnip - forgotten vegetables rediscovered . Together with Sabine Kumm. Jan Thorbecke Verlag , Ostfildern 2007. ISBN 978-3-7995-3531-1 .
• Our cookbook from the 80s . Together with Fritz-Jürgen Theiß. Wartberg Verlag , Gudensberg-Gleichen 2010. ISBN 978-3-8313-2389-0 .
• Good Heinrich meets Sieglinde - stories and dishes from the vegetable kitchen . Together with Sabine Kumm. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010. ISBN 978-3-7995-3551-9 .
• Old vegetables - from broad beans to sugar roots . Together with Sabine Kumm. Anaconda Verlag , Cologne 2015. ISBN 978-3-7306-0290-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} About me , short vita on the author's website, online at ellatheiss.de
2. ↑ Reading tips - “Beside the track” , as a thriller of five see Reading Tips - The five best thrillers for summer 2012 , each in Focus from June 15, 2012, online at focus.de
3. ↑ Ella Theiss , short vita at Murderous Sisters , online at moerderische-schwestern.eu
4. ↑ Freiburg Crime Prize , including references to the award winners, online at freiburger-krimipreis.de
5. ↑ Previous winners ( memento of May 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) of the Friedrich Glauser Prize 2017, website of the Syndicate , online at das-syndikat.com

Web links

• Official website of Ella Theiss