Jonas Torsten Krüger

Jonas Torsten Krüger at a reading at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2011

Jonas Torsten Krüger (* 1967 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German writer for young adult books , crime fiction and fantasy.

His first poetry was published in 1993, and in 2000 he took second place in the Wolfgang Hohlbein Prize . In 2003 he won the German Environment Prize for Youth Literature for The Secret of the Dunes . Jonas Torsten Krüger lives in Berlin and Freiburg.

Works (selection)

• under dying trees. Ecological texts in prose, poetry and theater. A history of green literature from 1945 to 2000. Tectum Verlag Marburg, 2001, ISBN 3-8288-8299-4
• The legacy of the magician. Fantasy novel. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8000-2981-2
• The secret of the dunes. Adventure novel for young people. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8000-2886-7
• The secret of El Escorial. Adventure novel for young people. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-8000-5025-0
• The water magicians of Alua. Fantasy novel. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-8000-5077-3
• The guardian of the mine. Youth thriller. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8000-5155-9
• The avenging angel of Venice. Mystery thriller. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8000-5242-4
• Pilgrimage through hell. Historical youth novel. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8000-5510-4
• Three for the museum. The night of riddles. Children's crime thriller. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8000-5586-9
• Three for the museum. The mysterious stone. Children's crime thriller. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8000-5698-9
• We discover Spain. Children's non-fiction. Illustrations by Thilo Krapp . Betz, Vienna / Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-219-11506-2 .
• Trio Berlin: The Bear Robbery. Youth thriller. Ueberreuter-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7641-5020-4
• with Uwe Krüger: The tears of the birds. Detective novel. emons-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-95451-810-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Jonas Torsten Krüger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author's website