Jean C. Becker

Jean C. Becker (* 1956 in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein ), actually Rainer Sauer , is a German journalist and writer .

Life

After primary school , he attended the Max-von-Laue-Gymnasium in Koblenz . He then did his military service in Mendig and studied chemistry and mineralogy in Mainz . In 1984 the qualified mineralogist switched to the press department, was editor-in-chief of technical and industrial journals and also worked as a freelance journalist for the public press. In addition, he was always interested in information technology, photography and science.

Becker mainly writes regional crime novels from Rheinhessen , in which he deals critically with social problems and introduces scientific topics in a generally understandable manner. In doing so, he lets his lust for grotesque, humorous situations and his delight in the detailed local color run free. To involve the readers in his stories, Becker organizes crime tours to the locations of his books. His latest projects include the crime fiction pantomime with the pantomime actress Corina Ratzel and the renovation of Fort Josef in Mainz.

Becker is the winner of the Rudolf Engelhard Prize . He works in many fields, including information technology and PR. Since 2010 he has been organizing guided tours through Fort Josef with the non-profit association Mainzer Unterwelten .

Becker has two children and lives in Appenheim .

Works

• Death at the red wine festival. Selztal-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-933797-07-1
• Sharks in the Mainz Basin. Pielicke, 2001, ISBN 3-933797-08-X
• A murder area. Pielicke, 2001, ISBN 3-933797-09-8
• Funeral dance at Fassenacht. Selztal-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-936929-01-7
• The Mainz killer pendulum. Selztal-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-936929-05-8
• Death in the underworld. Selztal-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-936929-06-5
• Spam from the eighth floor. Sophos GmbH, 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-024844-3 (also read as an audio book by Claudia Huter)
• With a little cherry on the finish. In: Murderous Rheinhessen. Societäts-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7973-1106-1
• Doctor Geier mine above and below ground. DVD, Selztal-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-936929-07-2
• Programmed for victory. Sophos GmbH, 2009, ISBN 978-3-000297-16-8 (also as audio book, read by Claudia Huter)
• Storm at the Bismarck Tower. Selztal-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-936929-09-6
• The gambler grave on the Rheingrund. Selztal-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-936929-10-2

literature

• Entry in Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2012/2013. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027790-6 , p. 53.

Web links

• Homepage Jean C. Becker
• Literature by and about Jean C. Becker in the catalog of the German National Library