Markus Tillmanns
Markus Tillmanns (* 1975 in Nettetal ) is a German author of fantasy and crime novels.
Life
Markus Tillmanns first studied German and philosophy . In the meantime he is a teacher at a grammar school, which is why he gave up the post of chairman of the parliamentary group of the Greens in the Nettetal district of Lobberich .
After he won first place in a short story competition of the Heyne publishing house, he wrote his first fantasy novel Das Daimonicon , which takes place in the world of the black eye . The author immediately received the German Fantastic Prize 2003 in the category Best Novel Debut / national for the Aventurien novel published in 2003 . In the following year he made use of his philosophy studies and brought out the ancient crime novel Socrates and the Murderer of the Mysteries . This takes place in Athens in 406 BC, the philosopher Socrates is supposed to solve a murder with the help of his student Plato . In the meantime, two more fantasy novels with a “criminalistic” influence have been penned. In 2015 he won the self-publishing competition of the largest German fantasy magazine Nautilus with his urban fantasy novel "Teufel: Fantasy-Thriller".
He currently teaches German, philosophy and literature at the Geroweiher grammar school in Mönchengladbach.
Works
- The black eye
- Marask poison (The Dark Eye; 88). Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 2005, ISBN 3-89064-457-0 .
- Doomed to Death (The Dark Eye; 86). Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 2005, ISBN 3-89064-523-2 .
- The daimonicon (The Black Eye; 69). Heyne, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-453-86163-9 .
- Superhero novels
- Birth of a hero (basalt lightning 1) . 2015, ISBN 978-1517043674
- Monster Hunt (Basalt Blitz 2) . 2015, ISBN 978-1517673123
- Blood moon (basalt lightning 3) . 2015, (in preparation)
- The Lucifer Chronicles
- Devil: fantasy thriller . 2014, ISBN 978-1503152137
- Angel of death . 2015, ISBN 978-1512366761
- God's vengeance . 2015, ISBN 978-1515265214
- More fantasy novels
- The night elf . Koios Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902837-19-6 .
- Detective novels
- Socrates and the murderer of the mysteries. Historical detective novel . Fischer Verlag, Aachen 2003, ISBN 3-89514-426-6 .
- Deadly verses. A Weimar crime thriller . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 2006, ISBN 978-3-89812-396-9 .
- Non-fiction
- Kindle Unlimited - Is It Worth It? Kindle Direct Publishing 2014
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Tillmanns in the catalog of the German National Library
- Markus Tillmann in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Markus Tillmanns at Open Library
- Website of Markus Tillmanns
- Report on Tillmanns with photo
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.breyell.de/Stammdaten/2008_Jan-Dez/2008_pressemitteilungen_der_stadt_net.htm#Presse-Information_Nr._300_/_2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tillmanns, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author of fantasy and crime novels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nettetal |