Gerald Seymour

Gerald Seymour (born November 25, 1941 in Guildford , Surrey ) is a British writer - mainly political thrillers - and journalist.

biography

After studying history at University College London , Gerald Seymour worked as a journalist, since 1963 mainly for the television channel ITN with a focus on political terrorism. His first novel was published in 1975; since then he has published another political thriller almost every year. Seven of his novels were made into films on British television.

His 500-page Suhrkamp -Thriller Vagabond came in February 2018 to seventh place of the crime leaderboard the FAZ.

Novels

• Harry's Game (1975)
  • The deadly stalemate, German by Renate M. Orth-Guttmann; List, Munich 1976. ISBN 978-3-471-78618-5 .
• The Glory Boys (1976)
  • Toadstool, German by Renate M. Orth-Guttmann, List, Munich 1977. ISBN 978-3-471-78617-8 .
• Kingfisher (1977)
  • The call of the kingfisher, German by Ursula Pommer, Munich, Goldmann 1981. ISBN 978-3-442-03930-2 .
• Red Fox (1979)
• The Contract (1980)
  • The order, German by Erika Remberg; Goldmann, Munich 1982. ISBN 978-3-442-06462-5 .
• Archangel (1982)
  • Archangel, German by Hartmut Huff; Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1988. ISBN 978-3-404-11248-7 .
• In Honor Bound (1984)
• Field of Blood (1985)
  • The key witness, German by Werner Richter; List, Munich 1987. ISBN 978-3-471-78627-7 .
• A Song in the Morning (1986)
  • Singing at Dawn, German by Werner Richter; List, Munich 1988. ISBN 978-3-471-78628-4 .
• At Close Quarters (1987)
  • Up close, German by Werner Richter; List, Munich 1990. ISBN 978-3-471-78631-4 .
• Home Run (1989)
  • Homecoming in Death, German by Christian Quatmann; List, Munich 1992. ISBN 978-3-471-78640-6 .
• Condition Black (1991)
  • Black shops, German by Christiane Bergfeld; Hestia, Rastatt 1991. ISBN 978-3-89457-011-8 .
• The Journeyman Tailor (1992)
• The Fighting Man (1993)
  • Death of the Butterflies, German by Fred Künzel; List, Munich / Leipzig 1995. ISBN 978-3-404-12628-6 .
• The Heart of Danger (1995)
• Killing Ground (1997)
  • The informant, German by Inge Wehrmann; Goldmann, Munich 1998. ISBN 978-3-442-41613-4 .
• The Waiting Time (1998)
• A Line in the Sand (1999)
• Holding the Zero (2000)
• The Untouchable (2001)
• Traitor's Kiss (2003)
• The Unknown Soldier (2004)
• Rat Run (2005)
• The Walking Dead (2007)
• Time Bomb (2008)
• The Collaborator (2009)
• The Dealer and the Dead (2010)
• A Deniable Death (2011)
• The Outsiders (2012)
• The Corporal's Wife (2013)
• Vagabond (2014)
  • Vagabond, German by Zoë Beck and Andrea O'Brien; Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-518-46742-8 .
• No Mortal Thing (2015)
• Jericho's War (2017)
• A Damned Serious Business (2018)

Film adaptations

• 1982 Harry`s Game (TV series / three episodes / director: Lawrence Gordon Clark / German Das födliche Patt)
• 1984 The Glory Boys (TV series / three episodes / directed by Michael Ferguson / German henchmen of death)
• 1988 The Contract (TV series / three episodes)
• 1991 Red Fox (TV Movie / Director: Ian Toynton)
• 1997 The Informant (film / director: Jim McBride - adaptation of the novel Field of Blood )
• 1999 The Waiting Time (TV Movie / Director: Stuart Orme)
• 2004 A Line in the Sand (TV Movie / Director: James Hawes)

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerald Seymour in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerald Seymour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Unofficial website (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ The ten best crime novels in February , deutschlandfunkkultur.de from February 3, 2018, accessed January 29, 2020