Peter Mathews
Peter Mathews (born October 22, 1951 in Bremerhaven ) is a German publicist , author of crime novels, ghostwriter and copywriter .
Life
After an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk, Mathews studied at the University of Economics and Politics in Hamburg and graduated with a degree in economics . Until 1980 he worked for various publishing houses. From 1980 to 2000 he was advertising manager, editor and publishing director and member of the management of Rowohlt Verlage . From 2004 to 2008 he was a literary agent and publisher, and since 2008 he has lived as a freelance journalist in Berlin.
Works (selection)
Together with Norbert Klugmann , he wrote novels, detective novels, and stories from 1984 to 1999 and published a thriller magazine.
- Bump or how to crack a safe . rororo thriller 1984 (filmed by NDR).
- A commissioner for all cases . rororo thriller 1985.
- Flieg, Adler Kühm , rororo thriller 1985.
- The perpetrators , rororo thriller 1986.
- Dead Help , rororo thriller 1990.
- A nice present , a Christmas thriller in 24 chapters with illustrations by Hendrik Dorgathen. rororo thriller 1990.
- The divorce party , live on Radio A 13, Roman, Rowohlt 1990.
- Temporarily deceased , Roman, Wunderlich 1996 (filmed by ZDF).
- Little War , Stories, rororo 1996.
- Do not be afraid . Advent thriller in 24 chapters, various illustrators, Wunderlich paperback 1998.
- Land in Sicht , Roman, Rütten & Löning 1999.
- Lost Love , Stories, Kindle, 2015.
- (with Benno Köpfer) Kadir, the war and the prophet's cat , Roman, dtv series Hanser, 2016.
- (with Yitzhak Goldfine) The truth behind the truth. The Goldfine files , Europa Verlag 2016.
- Harro Harring . The story of the poet, painter and revolutionary 1798 - 1870 , Europa Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95890-067-7 .
- editor
- (With Klugmann) Thriller magazine "Schwarze Beute" , rororo thriller No. 1–5, 1996–1999
- The present , anthology, Berlin Verlag, 2001
- Typeface , image-text volumes together with Max Bartholl and Christoph Krämer
- Scripts
- (with Klugmann) Bump or how to crack a safe . TV feature film. Director: Ralf Gregan with Diether Krebs , NDR 1988
Prizes and awards
- 1986 German Crime Prize , 3rd place
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Mathews in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mathews, Peter ( Memento from September 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- http://www.perlentaucher.de/essay/europa-jetzt-und-immer.html
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mathews, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publicist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremerhaven |