Paul Grote (writer)

Paul Grote (* 1946 in Berlin ) is a German writer.

Grote spent several years of his school days in Hanover . He then completed a commercial training (advertising clerk) in Düsseldorf . After a few years in business, he went to the University of Hamburg and studied social sciences, sociology and political science.

After a stay in Vienna , Grote got a job in a Hamburg publishing house. In the following years he toured South America often and for a long time; u. a. he spent six years in the Amazon . He wrote for newspapers and magazines such as FAZ , Die Zeit (or their “magazine”), Focus , Geo and Merian .

Returned to Germany, he settled in Berlin as a freelance writer. His debut, the detective novel Death in Bordeaux , was highly praised by both the public and the critics, and so up to now, more novels of this genre have followed almost every year.

Works

Detective novels

• 2004: Death in Bordeaux. ISBN 3-499-23744-X (Bordelais / France)
• 2005: Bitter Chianti. ISBN 3-499-23998-1 (Tuscany / Italy)
• 2006: Rioja for the matador. ISBN 3-499-24267-2 (Rioja / Spain)
  • 2007: The same as an audio book . ISBN 978-3-88698-415-2 (5 CDs, read by the author)
• 2007: Conspiracy at the Heuriger. ISBN 978-3-423-21018-8 (Burgenland / Austria)
• 2008: The Port Wine Legacy. ISBN 978-3-423-21082-9 (Rio Douro / Portugal)
• 2009: The wine of the KGB. ISBN 978-3-423-21160-4 (Transylvania / Romania)
• 2010: The Champagne Fund. ISBN 978-3-423-21237-3 (Champagne / France)
• 2011: A farewell Riesling. ISBN 978-3-423-21319-6 (Rheingau / Germany)
• 2012: His last Burgundy. ISBN 978-3-423-21391-2 (Kaiserstuhl / Germany)
• 2013: Deadly steep slope. ISBN 978-3423214643 (Mosel / Germany)
• 2014: Queen until dawn. ISBN 978-3423215350 (Franconia / Germany)
• 2015: The Barolo's Trail. ISBN 978-3-423-21603-6 (Piedmont / Italy)
• 2016: the island, the wine and the death. ISBN 978-3-423-21645-6 (Mallorca / Spain)
• 2017: On the wrong bank of the Rhône. ISBN 978-3-423-21691-3 (Côtes-du-Rhône / France)
• 2018: Pinot Grigio was not in the will. ISBN 978-3-423-21740-8 (South Tyrol / Italy)

Reports

• 1994: In Amazonia. Rainforest adventure . ISBN 3-499-13456-X (Amazon / Brazil)

Web links

• Homepage of the author
• Literature by and about Paul Grote in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article about Grote in the Wochenspiegel, published on February 20, 2014