Frank Goldammer
Frank Goldammer (* 1975 in Dresden , GDR) is a German writer.
Goldammer grew up in Dresden-Neustadt. The trained painter and varnisher has been a master since 2003 and continues to work in his profession.
Goldammer has been writing since he was 20 years old. His first publications were self-published. In 2012 the first crime novel ( Abstauber ) was published, a football crime thriller set in Dresden.
With Der Angstmann , Volume 1 of the crime series about the Dresden police officer Max Heller ( dtv ), he made it onto the Spiegel bestseller list in 2016, as did the successor volumes. The first volume is set in 1944, volume 2 in 1947, volume 3 in 1948, volume 4 in 1951. The series is supposed to end in the year the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 when Max Heller retires.
The Max Heller series has also appeared in the USA, Great Britain and Australia since May 2018, published by AmazonCrossing. Further translations may appear. a. in the Netherlands and Greece.
Goldammer lives in Dresden, is divorced, a single father and has three children.
Works
Novels
- 2007: Whispers of fog . Detective novel (self-published)
- 2008: Stone Spirit . Detective novel (self-published)
- 2009: Rush of leaves . Detective novel (self-published)
- 2012: Dusting . A football thriller, Gmeiner-Verlag, Meßkirch, ISBN 978-3-8392-1250-9 .
- 2013: turf war . A Dresden crime thriller, Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch
- 2013: Sergeant I - the eleventh plague. End time thriller, Dresdner Buchverlag, Dresden
- 2014: Sergeant II - the black river . End time thriller, Dresdner Buchverlag, Dresden
- 2014: Forget-me-not. Mystery thriller, Editia Verlag, Dresden
- 2015: Schrammstein . Detective novel, Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch
- 2016: The Fear Man. Detective novel. A case for Max Heller 1, dtv, Munich, ISBN 978-3-423-43045-6
- in English: The Air Raid Killer (translated by Steve Anderson), AmazonCrossing, Seattle 2018, ISBN 978-1-5039-0057-8
- in Dutch: De Vuurstorm (translated by Janneke Panders), Uitgeverij Cargo, Amsterdam 2019
- 2017: a thousand devils. Detective novel. A case for Max Heller 2, dtv, Munich, ISBN 978-3-423-26170-8
- in English: A Thousand Devils (translated by Steve Anderson), AmazonCrossing, Seattle 2018, ISBN 978-1-5039-0432-3
- 2018: Forgotten Souls. Detective novel. A case for Max Heller 3, dtv, Munich ISBN 978-3-423-26201-9
- 2018: Red Raven. Detective novel. A case for Max Heller 4, dtv, Munich, ISBN 978-3-423-26209-5
- 2019: Big summer theater . Roman, dtv, Munich, ISBN 978-3-423-26216-3
- 2019: June 53 . Detective novel. A case for Max Heller 5, dtv, Munich, ISBN 978-3-423-26232-3
Volumes of stories
- 2015: 30 reasons to grind your hair and grind your teeth. Everyday satire , Zwiebook Verlag, Dresden
- 2015: attention! May contain traces of cynicism. Everyday satire - now even more satirical, Zwiebook Verlag, Dresden
- 2011: 45 reasons to take your own life and laugh . Satire, ISBN 978-3-00-035622-3
Non-fiction
- 2015: City talks from Dresden. With Ute Nitzsche. Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch
Contributions to anthologies
- 2013: Changing sides , in: Determining without limits. 23 mystery thrillers, Gmeiner-Verlag, Meßkirch
- 2015: The Depth of Space , in: Vacation Reading Book. Edited by Karoline Adler, dtv, Munich
- 2015: The possibilities of a snowball , in: Snow-free. Edited by Karoline Adler, dtv, Munich
Audio books and versions of radio plays
- 2016: The Fear Man. Read in full by Heikko Deutschmann , Der Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86231-830-8
- 2017: a thousand devils . Read in full by Heikko Deutschmann, Der Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7424-0193-9
- 2018: Forgotten Souls . Read in full by Heikko Deutschmann, Der Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7424-0413-8
- 2018: The Fear Man . Unabridged radio play version with Matthias Koeberlin , Michael-Che Koch , Bernd Reheuser , Corinna Dorenkamp , Mark Zak and Matthias Lühn, Audible Original
- 2018: Red Raven . Read in full by Heikko Deutschmann, Der Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7424-0643-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Frank Goldammer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Own website
- Author special at dtv
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Goldammer: "I write my thrillers in a small 4.9 square meter room". In: BuchMarkt. September 23, 2016, accessed on January 25, 2019 (German).
- ^ Frank Goldammer's books in the bestseller archive of the industry magazine 'buchreport'. Retrieved January 25, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Exclusive interview with Frank Goldammer - book people. Retrieved January 25, 2019 .
- ^ Uitgeverij Cargo. Retrieved January 25, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldammer, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |