Petra Hammesfahr

Petra Hammesfahr in 2011

Petra Hammesfahr (born May 10, 1951 in Titz ) is a German writer and screenwriter .

Life

Hammesfahr started to write early on, but was not supported in her ambitions from home. So she began an apprenticeship as a retail saleswoman at the age of 13.

Later attempts to succeed as an author fizzled out for a long time. She received more than 150 rejections from requested publishers.

In 1989, a short story by her appeared in the men's magazine Playboy for the first time . In 1991, Hammesfahr's first novel was published . She has been one of the most successful German crime novelists since the mid-1990s. She is married for the second time, has three children and lives in Kerpen in the Rhein-Erft district .

Prices

• 1995 Rheinischer Literaturpreis Siegburg for The Glass Sky
• 2000 Wiesbaden Women's Crime Prize for The Mother
• 2002 Burgdorf Crime Award

Works

Novels and short stories

Petra Hammesfahr during a reading, 2008

• Whoever lives twice is not immortal. Detective novel. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, ISBN 3-404-19560-4 .
• Maren's lover. Detective novel. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, ISBN 3-404-19563-9 .
• The secret of the doll. Novel. Herbig, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7766-1690-3 .
• The woman who liked men. Psychological thriller. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, ISBN 3-404-19554-X .
• At the end of summer. Detective novel. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1992, ISBN 3-404-19568-X .
• Sibling gang. Novel. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1992, ISBN 3-404-19572-8 .
• The angel with the black wings. Novel. Herbig, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7766-1760-8 .
• Merkel's daughter. Detective novel. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 3-404-19578-7 .
• Bruno's great love. Novel. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 3-404-17101-2 .
• The quiet Mr. Genardy. Psychological thriller. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 3-7857-0683-9 .
• Rasputin's eyes. Thriller. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 3-404-13436-2 .
• Burned dreams. Detective novel. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1994, ISBN 3-404-19589-2 .
• Betty. Novel. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-17124-1 .
• The glass sky. Novel. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-7857-0763-0 .
• Hot and cold. Novel. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1997, ISBN 3-404-12717-X .
• The sinner. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-8052-0632-1 .
• The doll grave. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-22528-X .
• The mother. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-8052-0673-9 .
• The outbreak. Stories. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-499-22978-1 .
• The boss. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-499-23132-8 . (revised new version by Betty )
• Lukka's legacy. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-499-22742-8 .
• Perjury. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-499-22941-2 .
• Robert's sister. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-499-23156-5 . (New edition of sibling gang )
• The last victim. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-8052-0700-X .
• The lie. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-8052-0720-4 .
• Bélas sins. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-499-23168-9 .
• The girlfriend. Stories. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-8052-0726-3 .
• With the eyes of a child. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-23612-5 . (New edition of Marens Lover )
• A sweet summer. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-23625-7 . (New edition of At the end of summer )
• The shadow. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8052-0803-0 .
• His great love. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-499-24034-3 . (New edition of Bruno's great love )
• In the beginning they are still children . Novel. 2006, ISBN 3-8052-0818-9 .
• Memory of a murderer. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8052-0860-4 .
• An almost perfect plan. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-23339-5 .
• The women hunter. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8052-5014-6 .
• The innocent. Novel. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8052-5039-9 .
• Subservient. Novel. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-499-26683-6 . (New edition of The Eyes of Rasputin )
• One day in November. Novel. Diana Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-29155-3 .
• The woman who liked men. Novel. Diana Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-35845-4 .
• Foreign life. Novel. Diana Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-35893-5 .
• When Luca disappeared. Novel. Diana Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-453-29209-3 .

Scripts

• 1997 Hot and Cold , two-part TV film, director: Rolf von Sydow
• 1997 Der stille Herr Genardy , TV film, director: Carlo Rola
• 1997 Post Mortem - The Hooker Murderer , TV film, director: Wolfgang F. Henschel
• 2001 Der Todesengel (episode of the television series Die Cleveren ), director: Bernhard Stephan
• 2002 In the name of love (episode of the television series Die Cleveren ), director: Bernhard Stephan

Audiobooks (selection)

• 2010: The mother , Random House Audio Cologne, read by Iris Berben , abbreviated 4 CDs 296 min., ISBN 978-3-8371-0442-4 .

Film adaptations

• 1997 Der stille Herr Genardy , TV film, screenplay: Petra Hammesfahr, director: Carlo Rola
• 2002 Die Mutter , TV film, screenplay: Hannah Hollinger , director: Matti Geschonneck
• 2003 Der Puppengräber , TV film, screenplay: Christoph Busch , director: Peter Henning
• 2008 The Lie , TV film, screenplay: Kathrin Bühlig , director: Judith Kennel
• 2017 The Sinner , TV Series (USA)

Web links

• Literature by and about Petra Hammesfahr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Petra Hammesfahr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Hammesfahr's website on Facebook