Petra Busch

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Petra Busch (* 1967 in Meersburg am Bodensee) is a German crime writer , journalist, copywriter and editor.

Life

Petra Busch studied mathematics, computer science, literary history and musicology and received her doctorate in mediaeval studies . In parallel to her doctorate, she completed a journalistic training. She worked at the University of Freiburg , for various newspapers and advertising agencies operating across Europe. Today she writes psycho thrillers for the large public publisher Droemer Knaur , is active as an editor and writes freelance for international clients from science, technology and culture. Your work has received several awards. For her detective novel Schweig still, mein Kind she received the renowned Friedrich Glauser Prize for the best debut of 2010 and the "Bloody Cover".

The author is a member of the Syndikat (authors' group of German-language crime literature) and of the Texttreff network. She lives in the northern Black Forest.

Works

Fiction

Moritz Ehrlinspiel series

Friedrich Glauser Prize 2011 for Petra Busch: Best first novel Schweig still, mein Kind (2010)

thriller

Short stories

  • Vita reducta . In: Sebastian Fitzek (ed.): PS I'll kill you. 13 ten-minute thriller. Droemer Knaur 2010.
  • The toiletized world . In: Petra Busch (ed.): Mördchen fürs Örtchen. Short thrillers for the busy . KBV-Verlag 2011.
  • The mudflat . In: Regine Kölpin (ed.): Deichleichen. Tart Frisian short thrillers from the Jade Bay to the Dollard . KBV-Verlag March 2011.
  • Marzipan honey . In: Rebecca Gablé & Thomas Hoeps (eds.): Sharp shot. The thriller anthology for the 2011 Women's World Cup . KBV-Verlag April 2011
  • The apparition of the Lord . In: Michelle Stöger (ed.): Maria, Mord und Almond Cookies. 24 Christmas thrillers from Sylt to the Zugspitze . Droemer Knaur Fall 2011.
  • Erich laughs . In: Johannes Engelke (ed.): Bells, poison and roast goose. 24 Christmas thrillers from Rügen to the Zillertal . Droemer Knaur October 2012.
  • Herbert's festival, or: Everything full of chicks . In: Friederike Ney (ed.): Tatort Tannenbaum. Commissioners celebrate Christmas . Wunderlich November 2012.
  • Just a mountain hare . In: Johannes Engelke (ed.): The next one who says "Merry Christmas" to me, I kill . Droemer 2013.
  • The crooked Lisa . In: Cornelia Kuhnert (ed.): Ice cold Christmas angels . Heyne, October 2013.
  • The pigeon picker . In: Teresa Pütz (ed.): Stollen, Schnee and Grim Reaper. 24 Christmas thrillers from Flensburg to Wörthersee . Droemer Knaur 2014.
  • The pig in a poke . In: Erich Weidinger / Jeff Maxian (eds.): Mords-Bescherung 2nd Christmas thriller from the Alps . Emons 2014.
  • The end time . In: Elke Pistor (ed.): Death and Tofu. Biological-ecological short thrillers. KBV-Verlag 2014.
  • Mom's eightieth birthday . In: Petra Busch (ed.): Törtchen-Mördchen. Delicious short thrillers . KBV-Verlag 2015.
  • Neon light landscape . In: Emily Mokick (ed.): Türchen, Tod und Tannenbaum. 24 Christmas thrillers from East Frisia to South Tyrol . Droemer Knaur 2015.
  • The thirteenth lottery day . In: Isabell Spanier (ed.): Cookies, Punsch and Psychokiller. 24 Christmas thrillers from Sylt to Vienna . Droemer Knaur 2016.
  • Googling dies . In: Greta Frank (ed.): Macaroons, mistletoe, assassination. 24 Christmas thrillers from the Baltic Sea to the Alps . Droemer Knaur 2018.

Editing of anthologies

Scientific publications

  • The bird parliaments and bird languages ​​in German literature of the late Middle Ages and early modern times. Compilation and description of the text material; Reconstruction of the transmission history; Investigations on the genesis, aesthetics and functional function of the genus (supplements to Poetica ; Vol. 24). Fink, Munich 2001, (also dissertation, University of Freiburg, 1999), ISBN 3-7705-3513-8 .

Individual evidence

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Bush, Petra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German crime writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Meersburg