Johannes Wilkes

Johannes Wilkes (* 1961 in Dortmund ) is a German writer.

Wilkes studied medicine in Munich and has lived in Erlangen for over 25 years . He runs a psychiatric practice there, with a focus on child psychology.

His work includes popular science non-fiction books, travel guides and several crime novel series.

The travel guides are often more travel reports with personal descriptions than reference works.

The crime novels are mainly divided into Spiekeroog crime novels, Franconian crime novels and Erlangen crime novels. Recurring characters in many of the thrillers are the gay couple Kommissar Mütze and the theater employee Karl-Dieter.

He published, among others: The Aldi-Equator , Nuremberg for the curious , instructions for use for Erlangen and Fürth ist sexy as well as the ars vivendi publishing house Das kleine Franken-Buch (2014), Der Fall Rückert (2016) and Mord am Walberla (2018).

Wilkes has won several literary prizes, including the runner-up of the Godesberg Literature Prize 2015. He is a member of the Theodor Fontane Society .

Works (selection)

travel Guide

• The Aldi equator. Fischer Verlag, Cadolzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-59619-471-1 .
• The little Nuremberg book. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-733-9 .
• The Little Swabian Book. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-872-5 .
• The little book of Westphalia. Humorous lexicon. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-626-4 .
• The little Baden book. Humorous lexicon. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86913-837-4 .
• The little Isar book. History, places and people from the source to the mouth. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7917-2815-5 .
• Our beautiful Thuringia. Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2019, ISBN 978-3-83922-537-0 .
• Nürnberger Land: hiking and biking tours, history, culture & portraits, culinary highlights. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-74720-198-5 .
• Emscher tours: through the Pott by bike in 5 days. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-74720-121-3 .

Novels

• A terrorist in the luggage. Prolibris Verlag, Kassel 2013, ISBN 978-3-95475-074-0 .
• The little franc book. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86913-409-3 .
• The Rückert case. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-629-5 .
• Shell beetles don't kill. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86913-778-0 .
• At night in the mudflats: Spiekeroog thriller. Prolibris Verlag, Kassel 2017, ISBN 978-3-95475-178-5 .
• Murder on Walberla. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86913-868-8 .
• The Fontane case. Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2019, ISBN 978-3-83922-431-1 .
• Crashed. Prolibris Verlag, Kassel 2019, ISBN 978-3-95475-187-7 .

Non-fiction

• Nothing but quarrels and anger - German literary history in scandals and tragedies Kid Verlag, Bonn 2016, ISBN 978-3-929386-61-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Curriculum vitae of Johannes Wilkes In: Lovelybooks.com .
2. ↑ Michael Kniess & Johannes Wilkes: Nürnberger Land In: BR Mediathek / Franconia .
3. ↑ Marlies Schnaibel: Murder in the shadow of the pear tree In: Märkische Allgemeine .
4. ↑ Johannes Wilkes In: Gmeiner-Verlag.de .
5. ^ Godesberg Literature Prize .
6. ^ Theodor Fontane Society: Events of the sections and circles of friends 1st half of 2014 .