Joachim Friedrich (Author)

Joachim Friedrich (born August 11, 1953 in Oberhausen ) is a German author for children and young people. He lives in Bottrop in the Ruhr area. After graduating from secondary school, he began training in an office, but quickly found this job boring. After completing his Abitur, he studied economics. After completing his doctorate, he worked for Lufthansa for a few years. He started writing when he was around mid-thirties.

Act

Joachim Friedrich stood out in particular with his long-standing series on 4½ friends , also filmed as 4½ friends , who as the detective agency Kalle and Co. tend to get into embarrassing situations rather than solve one of the cases they suspect. In each of the 19 volumes published so far, one of the five main characters tells the story in the first person.

In addition to the 4½ Friends series, he has also published two independent thrillers for young people.

All of his books have been published by Thienemann Verlag in Stuttgart .

bibliography

Children's and young people's literature

• 1.FC crumble cake. Roman 2002, ISBN 3-522-17492-5 .
• The secret door. Roman 2004, ISBN 3-522-17606-5 .
• Cold water. Roman 2006, ISBN 3-522-17754-1 .
• Merlin Cooper and the League of Saints. Novel 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-18239-3 .
• Merlin Cooper in the clutches of evil. Roman 2011, ISBN 9783522182904 .

4½ friends (illustrations by Regina Kehn )

• 4½ friends . Thienemann Verlag, 1992. ISBN 978-3-522-16826-7
• 4½ friends and the missing bio teacher . Thienemann Verlag, 1994. ISBN 978-3-522-16873-1
• 4½ friends and the Santa Claus connection . Thienemann Verlag, 1995. ISBN 978-3-522-16923-3
• 4½ friends and the puzzling loss of teachers . Thienemann Verlag, 1996. ISBN 978-3-522-16963-9
• 4½ friends and the watchful garden gnomes . Thienemann Verlag, 1998. ISBN 978-3-522-17119-9
• 4½ friends and the secret of the seventh pickle . Thienemann Verlag, 1999. ISBN 978-3-522-17192-2
• 4½ friends and the scream from the staff room . Thienemann Verlag, 1999. ISBN 978-3-522-17301-8
• 4½ friends and the crocodile on the internet . Thienemann Verlag, 2000. ISBN 978-3-522-17331-5
• 4½ friends and the search for the headmaster . Thienemann Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3-522-17444-2
• 4½ friends and the wild hunt in the department store . Thienemann Verlag, 2001
• 4½ friends and the missing diamond pug . Thienemann Verlag, 2002. ISBN 978-3-522-17514-2
• 4½ friends and the school festival scandal . Thienemann Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3-522-17589-0
• 4½ friends and the fateful squat . Thienemann Verlag, 2004. ISBN 978-3-522-17667-5
• 4½ friends and the trail of the smelly sock . Thienemann Verlag, 2005. ISBN 978-3-522-17743-6
• 4½ friends and the math teacher's swimming trunks . Thienemann Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-522-17885-3
• 4½ friends and the barking classroom . Thienemann Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-522-18092-4
• 4½ friends EXTRA - command: save the sausage . Thienemann Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-522-18175-4
• 4½ friends and the angel in pantyhose . Thienemann Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-522-18237-9
• 4½ friends and the diaper of horror . Thienemann Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-522-18217-1
• 4½ friends and the treasure in the school loo . Thienemann Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-522-18288-1
• 4½ friends and the spy in the flower dress . Thienemann Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-522-18318-5

Amanda X (Illustrations by Edda Skibbe )

• Amanda and the detectives . Thienemann Verlag, 2000. ISBN 978-3-522-17352-0
• Bella and the Poltergeist . Thienemann Verlag, 2000. ISBN 978-3-522-17369-8
• Circus Barone and the Curse of the Parrot . Thienemann Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3-522-17412-1
• Didi and the whispering horses . Thienemann Verlag, 2002. ISBN 978-3-522-17495-4
• Eric and the boxing sheep . Thienemann Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3-522-17566-1
• Fairy and the magician's secret . Thienemann Verlag, 2004. ISBN 978-3-522-17643-9
• Gary and the singing ghost wreath . Thienemann Verlag, 2005. ISBN 978-3-522-17699-6
• Herzilein and the smooching teacher . Thienemann Verlag, 2006. ISBN 978-3-522-17797-9
• Ivan and the buttermilk vampire . Thienemann Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-522-18034-4
• Jasmin and the boys in the women's locker room . Thienemann Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-522-18166-2

Awards

• 2000: Paderborn Hare
• 2001: Culture Prize of the City of Bottrop
• 2010: Children's book award Nordstemmer Zuckerrübe

Web links

• Literature by and about Joachim Friedrich in the catalog of the German National Library
• The official website