Michael Robotham

Michael Robotham (2014)

Michael Robotham (born November 9, 1960 in New South Wales , Australia ) is an Australian crime novelist and former journalist .

Life

Robotham's professional career first took him to Sydney in 1979 , where he worked as a journalist. He later went to London and wrote for The Daily Telegraph , the Sunday edition of the Daily Mail , the Sunday Times and the Tatler . In 1993, he ended his journalism career to ghostwriter biographies for politicians and celebrities like Geri Halliwell and Rolf Harris . After the biographies he wrote had sold a total of over two million times, Robotham was looking for a new challenge and decided to switch to fictional literature. His first novel The Suspect became a bestseller and was filmed in 2014 under the title Beside the Track - Adrenalin . Robotham's novels have so far been translated into 23 languages.

Robotham lives in Avalon near Sydney with his wife and three daughters .

Works

Joseph O'Loughlin / Vincent Ruiz series:

1. Adrenaline. Goldmann , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-47671-2 (Original title: The Suspect. 2004. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
2. Amnesia. Goldmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-47643-7 (original title: Lost. 2005. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
3. Agony. Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-46579-8 (Original title: The Night Ferry. 2007. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
4. Your will will happen. Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-47458-5 (Original title: Shatter. 2008. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
5. Death wish. Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-31249-8 (original title: Bleed for Me. 2010. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
6. The insider. Goldmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-31250-4 (Original title: The Wreckage. 2011. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
7. Until you die. Goldmann, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-47339-7 (original title: Bombproof. 2008. Translated by Sigrun Zühlke).
8. Say you are sorry Goldmann, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-31316-7 (Original title: Say You're Sorry. 2012. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
9. Release me Goldmann, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-31317-4 (Original title: Watching You. 2013. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
10. The sleep maker. Goldmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-31408-9 (Original title: Close your Eyes. 2015. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
11. The other women. Goldmann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-442-31504-8 (Original title: The Other Wife. 2018. Translated by Kristian Lutze).

other novels:

• For life and death. Goldmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-48281-8 (Original title: Life Or Death. 2014. Translated by Kristian Lutze).
• Die Rivalin (Thriller) Goldmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-314096 (Original title: The Secrets She Keeps 2017) Translated by Kristian Lutze

Adaptations

Movies

• Next to the track - adrenaline . D 2014, directed by Cyrill Boss & Philipp Stennert , 90 min, FSK 12.
• Besides the track - amnesia . D 2016, directed by Cyrill Boss & Philipp Stennert, 90 min, FSK 12.
• Next to the track - death wish . D 2016, director: Thomas Berger , 90 min, FSK 12.
• Beside the track - Your will be done . D 2017, director: Thomas Berger, 90 min, FSK 12.
• Off the trail - say you're sorry . D 2018, director: Thomas Roth, 88 min, FSK 12.

Audio books

Joseph O'Loughlin / Vincent Ruiz series:

• Agony. Audio Media 2008, read by Julia Fischer, 6 CDs, 7 h 30 min, ISBN 978-3-86804-497-3 .
• Your will will happen. Audio book 2009, read by Frank Arnold , 6 CDs, 7 h 37 min, ISBN 978-3-89964-365-7 .
• Death wish. Random House Audio 2011, read by Ulrich Noethen , 6 CDs, 6 h 50 min, ISBN 978-3-8371-0781-4 .
• The insider. The Hörverlag 2012, read by Johannes Steck , 6 CDs, 6 h 50 min, ISBN 978-3-86717-838-9 .
• Adrenaline. Life Time Audio 2013, read by Axel Gottschick , 5 CDs, 6 h 30 min, ISBN 978-3-939121-59-6 .
• Until you die. The Hörverlag 2013, unabridged by Johannes Steck, 1 MP3-CD, 8 h 20 min, ISBN 978-3-8445-1017-1 .
• Say you are sorry The Hörverlag 2013, unabridged by Johannes Steck and Laura Maire , 2 MP3 CDs, 12 h 50 min, ISBN 978-3-8445-1122-2 .
• Release me The Hörverlag 2014, read in full by Johannes Steck and Hans Kremer , 2 MP3 CDs, 12 h 12 min, ISBN 978-3-8445-1404-9 .
• Amnesia. Audio Media 2015, read unabridged by Michael Schwarzmaier , 2 MP3 CDs, 13 h 1 min, ISBN 978-3-86804-442-3 .
• The sleep maker. The Hörverlag 2015, read by Johannes Steck and Stefan Merki, 1 MP3-CD, 8 h 21 min, ISBN 978-3-8445-2066-8 (also available as a full download, 11 h 54 min).

other novels:

• For life and death. The Hörverlag 2015, unabridged by Johannes Steck, 2 MP3 CDs, 12 h 32 min, ISBN 978-3-8445-1767-5 .

Awards

• 2005 Ned Kelly Award from the Australian Crime Writers Association of Australia (CWAA) for Lost
• 2005 Crime Book of the Year
• 2008 Ned Kelly Award from the Australian Crime Writers Association of Australia (CWAA) for Shatter
• 2015 Gold Dagger of the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for or Dead Life

Nominations

• Dagger Award (Steel Dagger category) 2007 for The Night Ferry
• Dagger Award (Steel Dagger category) 2008 for Shatter
• Dagger Award (category Gold Dagger) 2013 for Say You're Sorry

Reviews

“This book is a real pager runner - full of action from start to finish. The story is constantly moving in a new direction that cannot be foreseen. The protagonists are shown vividly and the dialogues are written with a great deal of humor. Robotham's casual writing style makes this book a real pleasure to read.

Conclusion: If you like action and a quick sequence of actions, this book is the right choice. I highly recommend it!"

- Crime fan in a review from June 30, 2013

“[…] Robotham did not reinvent the thriller. […] Robotham's novels owe their tension to the way they are told. He doesn't just tell a story, his characters tell their story. [...] It is the many small details with which this author lovingly equips his characters. He is by no means loving them, he expects them to do a lot. But this is how the characters come to life in front of the reader's eyes, he lives and suffers with them - and therefore likes to overlook the conventional plot. "

- Marcel Feige in his review of Michael Robotham, May 31, 2011

Adrenaline blows your head through. In the United Kingdom, Michael Robotham is considered a new thriller star. Rightly. In glamorous dialogues, he drills the old story of the man who has to prove his innocence by catching the guilty party again: as that of the psychotherapist who has to put aside his professional prejudices - or breaks down.

- Volker Ullrich in Die Zeit , August 24, 2006

“Michael Robotham's debut thriller Adrenalin is consistently a success and has great entertainment value. The mixture of suspense, the black humor of the first-person narrator and rich irony give the crime thriller a special touch. The British [sic] author captivates with his story, his writing style and his extremely convincing characters from the first to the last page, although the finale is a bit disappointing. "

- Book review by Bettina Schwoch on RP Online, July 7, 2005

“Australian writer Michael Robotham is super smart, a master at creating futile situations. His second book is tricky, romantic, pure thrill. "

- Tobias Gohlis on amnesia in Die Zeit, February 10, 2005

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Robotham in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael Robotham in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Homepage of the author
• Homepage of the German publisher Random House

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Robotham , krimi-couch.de, accessed on May 26, 2015.
2. ↑ Michael Robotham . From: krimi-couch.de, accessed on May 26, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Crime does pay - just more in euros than Aussie dollars by Catherine Keenan , The Sydney Morning Herald, accessed May 25, 2015.
4. ^ A Conversation with Michael Robotham , Mullhollandbooks.com, accessed May 25, 2015.
5. ↑ Meet Michael . From: Michael Robotham website, accessed May 26, 2015.
6. ↑ Michael Robotham - Until you die ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Krimi-Fan.de, accessed on August 11, 2013. 
7. ↑ Michael Robotham - The statistics of the toilet paper Marcel-Feige.de, accessed on July 17, 2011.
8. ↑ Book table - Michael Robotham: Adrenalin Zeit Online, accessed July 17, 2011.
9. ↑ Michael Robotham: Adrenalin  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. RP Online, accessed July 17, 2011.  
10. ↑ Book table - Michael Robotham: Amnesie Zeit Online, accessed July 17, 2011.