Lisa Lercher

Lisa Lercher (born February 13, 1965 in Hartberg ) is an Austrian author.

Life

Lisa Lercher spent her childhood and youth in Mautern / Styria . After attending the higher federal college for economic professions in Graz , she studied educational science at the University of Graz from 1984 . After completing her diploma, she was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. She then worked in the information center against violence of the Autonomous Austrian Women's Refuge Association and as a lecturer at the universities of Vienna, Klagenfurt and Graz. Lercher has been working in the federal service since 1995.

After several specialist publications on her longstanding focus on violence in the family , Lercher published her first detective novel The Last Act in 2001 . Other novels and short crime novels followed in anthologies. Lercher is a member of AIEP (Asociacion International de Escritores Policiacos) . From 2007 to 2016 she was a member of the group of authors of German-language crime literature - Das Syndikat .

Works

Detective novels

• 2018 Beyond by prescription . Haymonverlag, Innsbruck-Vienna, ISBN 978-3-7099-7898-6
• 2015 Rotten apricots . Haymonverlag, Innsbruck-Vienna, ISBN 978-3-7099-7834-4
• 2013 Murder in his prime . Haymonverlag, Innsbruck-Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85218-949-9
• 2010 Angry Fathers . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-196-8
• 2006 The test of courage . (2nd edition 2010), Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-146-3
• 2004 Discontinued . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-125-8
• 2002 The dead man in the stable . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-103-6
• 2001 The last act . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-094-7

Short thrillers

• 2017 Murderously good opportunities: crime fiction short stories . Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck, ISBN 978-3-7099-3793-8
• 2016 The Tatort Fini has a suspicion . In: Tatort municipal housing . Falter Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85439-573-7
• 2015 The promise . In: Who murders in Styria . Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch, ISBN 978-3-8392-1775-7
• 2015 homecoming . In: Hard bandages. The mummy anthology . p.machinery Michael Haitel, Murnau, ISBN 978-3-95765-035-1
• 2015 With expiration date . In: Naschmarkt crime scene . Falter Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85439-529-4
• 2014 stormy days . In: Tatort Heuriger . Falter Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85439-507-2
• 2013 special contradiction . In: You call us people? Wait a minute. Left word at the Volksstimmefest 2012 . Globus Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-9502669-8-6
• 2013 On the big gravel . In: Tatort sausage stand . Falter Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85439-491-4
• 2012 Short process . In: Tatort Prater . Falter Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85439-474-7
• 2012 short thrillers for those in a hurry . In: messed up . DUM (The Ultimate Magazine), No. 64/2012, Krems
• 2012 In the Queen's Valley . In: Donauweiber . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9503432-1-2
• 2012 homecoming . In: Network magazine Evolver
• 2011 own goal . In: Tatort coffee house . Falter Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85439-456-3
• 2010 Tart finish . In: Mixed sentence . echomedia Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-902672-26-1
• 2009 violets in the moss. An experience report . In: Beautiful failures. Guide and manual for failure & inner beauty . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9502485-3-1
• 2008 better dead than never . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-163-0
• 2007 happy birthday . In: shoes . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9502029-6-0
• 2006 semifinals . In: Games . Podium 139/140, Vienna, ISBN 3-902054-40-9
• 2006 You shouldn't kill. Or? . In: My cross on Sunday. A Catholic inventory. Part 2 . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9502029-4-6
• 2006 IsDinL . In: Tatort Internet . Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec, ISBN 978-3-85129-636-5
• 2006 Shadows of the Past . In: Murderously on the move . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-145-6
• 2006 Erni, 43, is looking . In: in love, betrothed, ver ... ". Love stories and marriage matters. Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9502029-5-3
• 2005 The cyclist . In: My act on Tuesday . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9501852-3-2
• 2005 Irish stew with beans . In: Fest Essen . Recipes from women authors. Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-133-3
• 2005 went bad . In: About the stupidity . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9502029-1-5
• 2005 Love believes everything, hopes everything… . In: On the barren, mild Danube . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9502029-0-8
• 2004 Hannah's grandma . In: My meal on Thursday . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-9501852-2-5
• 2004 decision match . In: Tatort Wien . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-124-1
• 2002 Second honeymoon . In: My murder on Friday . Edition Aramo, Krems, ISBN 978-3-934429-96-3
• 2002 In the final analysis . In: Red Clover . Ulmer Manuskripte Verlag, Albeck near Ulm, ISBN 978-3-934869-02-8
• 2001 Women's regulars table . In: Viechereien . Milena Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85286-088-6

Film adaptations

• 2010 The test of courage . Film Title: The Test of Courage . Director: Holger Barthel

Translations

• 2012 "The Women's Table". In: Noir Nation No. 2 . International Crime Fiction, USA. Translation by Mary Tannert.
• 2011 Forty-three-year-old woman seeking… . In: World Literature Today . The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Translation by Laura Ackerman.

Awards and nominations

• 2012 winner of the literature competition Harte Bandagen of the network magazine Evolver with Heimkehr .
• 2006 finalist of the Carinthian Crime Prize 2006 with the short crime novel IsDinL .
• 2004 winner of the writing competition of the National Park Purkersdorf with the crime story lily of the valley and wood anemone .
• 2004 nomination for the women's crime prize of the city of Wiesbaden with the crime novel Ausgedient .
• 2003 Josef Luitpold Stern Award for the short story Neue Zeiten .

References and comments

1. ↑ International Association of Detective Writers; in the English-speaking area: IACW (International Association of Crime Writers)
2. ↑ cf. www.dum.at
3. ↑ ^{a b} cf. www.evolver.at/stories/Lisa_Lercher_Heimkehr/
4. ↑ cf. www.amazon.de/Noir-Nation-International-Journal-ebook/dp/B009DJNZN8
5. ↑ cf. worldliteraturetoday.org/2011/may/forty-three-year-old-woman-seeking
6. ↑ cf. www.kaerntner-krimipreis.at

Web links

• Website
• Literature by and about Lisa Lercher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Diploma thesis on Lisa Lercher's novels by Lisa Graf
• Bio bibliography at krimiautoren.at
• Interview in Evolver