Mani Beckmann

Mani Beckmann (born December 26, 1965 in Alstätte / Westphalia) is a German writer and author of detective novels , screenplays and historical novels .

Life

From 1983–1986 Mani Beckmann was a member of the punk band Brigade Fozzy as a guitarist ; During this time, the band released two singles on their own label "Punk Anderson Records". After high school and community service, he began studying film & television studies and journalism at the Free University of Berlin in 1986, completing his master's degree. During this time he had been working as a freelance journalist and film critic since 1988 (including for the Berlin magazines Zitty and tip ).

In 1995 Beckmann became a screenplay editor in the television film department of the WDR and took part in the first Master School screenplay of the Filmboard Berlin Brandenburg with his screenplay “Tot und Mordschlag” (filmed in 1999 under the title “Recycled”). Beckmann began writing crime and historical novels as early as 1994. He is a member of the Association of German Writers (VS). Since 2009 he has published his novels under the pseudonym Tom Finnek .

Mani Beckmann is married and has two sons. He lives in Berlin .

Works

Novels

• The chain, crime novel (Das Neue Berlin 1994) ISBN 3-359-00691-7
• Tabu, detective novel (Klein & Blechinger 1997) ISBN 3-927658-54-5
• Sodom and Gomera, detective novel (Bastei Lübbe 1999, Zech 2009) ISBN 978-84-934857-7-1 , Czech.Translation: Sodoma & Gomera (Moba 2002)
• Moorteufel, historical novel (Bastei Lübbe 1999, Weltbild 2007) ISBN 978-3-404-14272-9
• Deadly Past, detective novel (be.bra 2001) ISBN 3-89809-008-6
• The chapel in the moor, historical novel (Bastei Lübbe 2002) ISBN 3-404-14797-9 , netherlands. Translation: De kapel in het veen (UTM 2015)
• Filmriss, detective novel (be.bra 2003) ISBN 3-89809-020-5
• Teufelsmühle, historical novel (Bastei Lübbe 2006) ISBN 978-3-404-15538-5

Under the pseudonym Tom Finnek:

• Under the ash, historical novel (Ehrenwirth Lübbe 2009, Bastei Lübbe 2011) ISBN 978-3-404-16051-8
• Against all time, historical novel (Ehrenwirth Lübbe 2011, Bastei Lübbe 2013) ISBN 978-3-4310-3843-9
• Before the Abyss, historical novel (Lübbe Hardcover 2013, Bastei Lübbe 2015) ISBN 978-3-404-17192-7
• Tabu, Kriminalroman (CreateSpace Independent Publishing 2015) ISBN 978-1-5195-8252-2
• Galgenhügel, detective novel (beThrilled / Bastei Lübbe 2017) ISBN 978-3-7413-0079-0
• Totenbauer, detective novel (beThrilled / Bastei Lübbe 2018) ISBN 978-3-7413-0090-5
• Schuldacker, detective novel (beThrilled / Bastei Lübbe 2019) ISBN 978-3-7413-0110-0

Contributions to anthologies and community novels

• Arithmetic, narration in: Old gods do not die, uncanny stories (Scherz 2002) ISBN 3-502-51876-9
• The seven heads , collective novel by 12 authors (construction 2004) ISBN 3-7466-2077-5
• The twelfth day, collective novel by 12 authors (construction 2006) ISBN 978-3-7466-2213-2
• The film critic, narration in: The weirdest Berlin ten-minute stories (Jaron 2013) ISBN 978-3-89773-726-6
• Cockfight, story in: Schwarzbuch Kreuzberg (Karin Kramer Verlag 2014) ISBN 978-3-87956-378-4

Scripts

• Recycled (1999, together with Matthias Dinter and Maria von Heland )

Web links

• Literature by and about Mani Beckmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Tom Finnek in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and information on Mani Beckmann's work at Literaturport
• http://www.manibeckmann.de
• http://www.brigadefozzy.de
• http://www.tomfinnek.de
• Mani Beckmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)