Faye Kellerman
Faye Kellerman , born Faye Marder (born July 31, 1952 in St. Louis , Missouri ), is an American writer who mainly writes detective novels .
Faye Kellerman holds a bachelor's degree in math and dentistry from UCLA but has not worked in those professions. She has been married to psychologist and bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman since 1972 and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children . Faye Kellerman is an avowed Orthodox Jew .
Most of her novels deal with criminal cases which the California-based detective Peter Decker (in the more recent novels together with his second wife Rina Lazarus, and recently with his daughter Cindy) tries to solve; these cases almost always take place in the American-Jewish milieu. Peter Decker is a police officer who grew up as a Baptist and who, after meeting an Orthodox Jewish woman in a case, returns to his own Jewish roots and becomes a law-abiding Jew, just like his creator.
With Straight into Darkness (German: And there was Darkness ) the scenario changed: This book is about a murder case in Munich in the 1920s , that is, the context of the rise of National Socialism .
In 2004, Faye Kellerman and her husband wrote two crime novels for the first time that appeared in a book ( Double homicide: Santa Fé and Double homicide: Boston ). Since 2006, her son Jesse has also published his novels ( Sunstroke , Trouble , The Genius, etc.) and screenplays. Her daughter Aliza is also a writer.
According to its German publisher, Faye Kellerman's titles have sold over twenty million copies worldwide.
bibliography
- (1986) Because your soul should be pure (The Ritual Bath) Another German title: Don't go to the mikveh
- (1987) The Song of Songs (Sacred and Profane)
- (1989) Becca (The Quality of Mercy) *
- (1990) Farewell to Eden (Milk and Honey)
- (1991) Day of Atonement
- (1992) You Shall Not Lie (False Prophet)
- (1993) The Pure Hearted (Grievous Sin)
- (1994) Neither Day nor Hour (Sanctuary)
- (1995) But Everyone Kills What He Loves (Justice)
- (1996) Prayers for the Dead
- (1997) Serpent's Tooth
- (1998) Because the night is silent (Moon Music) *
- (1999) He'll baptize you with fire (Jupiter's Bones)
- (2000) Vengeance is yours (Stalker)
- (2001) The Forgotten
- (2002) The Wings of Death (Stone Kiss)
- (2003) The Lord Have Grace (Street Dreams)
- (2004) Double Homicide (with Jonathan Kellerman) *
- (2005) Straight into Darkness *
- (2008) Mord im Garten Eden (The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights) 17 short stories (with Jonathan Kellerman)
- (2008) Greed (The Burnt House)
- (2009) Arglist (The Mercedes Coffin) other English title: Cold Case
- (2010) Blindman's Bluff
- (2010) Lust (Hangman)
- (2011) Devilish Friends (Gun games / Blood games)
- (2013) The Beast (German: And fear will fulfill you. A Decker / Lazarus crime thriller. Btb, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-74807-5 ).
- (2015) Where greed drives you (Murder 101), German edition published March 8, 2016
- (2017) In the beginning was your end. HarperCollins, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95967-061-6 (The Theory of Death, 2016).
- (2018) Your death is coming. HarperCollins, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95967-173-6 (Bone Box, 2018).
* does not belong to the series about Commissioner Peter Decker
Individual evidence
- ^ Kellerman Family Affair at USC , accessed November 12, 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Faye Kellerman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Faye Kellerman - Author of HarperCollins Germany
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellerman, Faye |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marder, Faye (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri, USA |