Judith Merchant
Judith Merchant (* 1976 in Bonn ) is a German crime writer.
Life
Judith Merchant grew up in Sankt Augustin and graduated from the Rhein-Sieg-Gymnasium there. She then studied German with various additional subjects at the Universities of Münster and Bonn . During a writing crisis during her doctoral thesis, she began to write her first short stories. In 2008 her second short thriller Monopoly was published , which was awarded the Friedrich Glauser Prize in May 2009 . In 2009 she received the Krefeld Short Crime Award for her crime thriller Der Himmel über Krefeld . She is a member of the Syndikat , an association of German-speaking crime writers.
Merchant works as a lecturer in literature at the University of Bonn and lives in Bonn .
Works
Detective novels
Rheinkrimi series:
- 2011 murder of the Nibelung . Knaur, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-50863-3
- 2012 Loreley no longer sings . Knaur, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-50864-0
- 2014 The lies of that night. Knaur, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-51627-0
- 2015 Rapunzel tomb. Knaur, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-51463-4
Short stories
- 2008 without crown . In: District Committee Odenwaldkreis (Ed.): "Mords Schafe". Sieben-Verlag, Mossautal, ISBN 978-3-940235-17-6
- 2008 Monopoly . In: Susanne Schubarsky (Ed.): "Money - stories of beautiful notes". Heyn, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-7084-0328-1
- 2009 The bright colors of India . In: Heike and Peter Gerdes (eds.): "Friesisches Mordkompott - Herber Nachschlag". Leda Verlag, Leer, ISBN 978-3-939689-20-1
- 2009 Hummelchen and Pummelchen . In: Ina Coelen (Ed.): "Bitterböse". Leporello-Verlag, Krefeld, ISBN 978-3-936783-34-6
- 2009 The sky over Krefeld . In: Ina Coelen (Ed.): "Niederrhein-Leichen". Leporello-Verlag, Krefeld, ISBN 978-3-936783-35-3
- 2010 Final à trois . In: A. Izquierdo, W. Kemmer (Ed.): "WM Blutrot". Kölnisch-Preußische Lektoratsanstalt, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-940610-09-6
- 2010 I will bury your body in the city garden . In: Ina Coelen (Ed.): "Of course the gardener". Leporello-Verlag, Krefeld, ISBN 978-3-936783-38-4
- 2010 Monopoly . In: Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.): "PS I kill you: 13 ten-minute thriller". Droemer, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-19897-1
- 2010 Annette writes a ballad . In: Sandra Lüpkes , Jürgen Kehrer (Hrsg.): "Mörderisches Münsterland". KBV, Hillesheim, ISBN 978-3-940077-84-4
thriller
- 2019 Atme !, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-462-05223-7
Awards and grants
- 2009 Friedrich Glauser Prize - Best Crime Short Story category for Monopoly
- 2009 Krefeld short crime prize
- 2010 Residence grant “Tatort Töwerland”, Juist
- 2011 Friedrich Glauser Prize - Best Crime Short Story category for Annette writes a ballad
- 2015 Author's workshop of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Cadenabbia
Web links
- Literature by and about Judith Merchant in the catalog of the German National Library
- Judith Merchant at Murderous Sisters (Association of German-speaking crime writers)
Remarks
- ↑ Dominik Pieper: Reading with Judith Merchant in Sankt Augustin - The horror of a wedding. In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . October 17, 2014, accessed March 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Bonn-born Judith Merchant receives the coveted Friedrich Glauser Prize for a short crime novel. In: general-anzeiger-bonn.de. June 30, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Christoph Elles: Kurzkrimi-Preis - The secret is out. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . October 30, 2009, accessed March 4, 2017 .
- ^ Author page - Judith Merchant. The Syndicate, accessed March 4, 2017 .
- ^ Website of the Krefeld Kurzkrimipreis
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merchant, Judith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |