Petra Oelker

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Petra Oelker (* 1947 in Cloppenburg ) is a German journalist and writer.

Live and act

Petra Oelker studied social pedagogy and theology for a few semesters. She then worked as a medical-technical assistant and then embarked on her journalistic career: first she worked for the Hamburger Rundschau , then was the head of duty at the daily newspaper (taz) and finally an editor for the women's magazine Brigitte . As a journalist, she has already written books for young people and non-fiction. Today she works mainly as a book author.

reception

Her literary debut, Tod am Zollhaus, was such a great success that it was followed by nine more historical Hamburg novels by 2010, with Hamburg and the comedian Rosina, the wholesale merchant Claes Herrmanns and Weddemeister Wagner in the center .

Works (selection)

Novels

Rosina and Claes cycle
  • Death at the customs house. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3-499-33142-X .
  • The summer of the comet. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-22256-6 .
  • Loretta's last curtain. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-22444-5 .
  • The broken watch. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-22667-7 .
  • The disobedient daughter. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2000, ISBN 3-499-22668-5 .
  • The English episode. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-23289-8 .
  • The dead man in the ice cellar. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2005, ISBN 3-499-23869-1 .
  • In league with the devil. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2006, ISBN 3-499-24200-1 .
  • The sisters from the Red House. A historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Rowohlt 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24611-1 .
  • Night of the hemlock. a historical detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2010, ISBN 978-3-499-25439-0 .
Felicitas Stern series
  1. The monastery forest . Edition Wunderlich, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-8052-0690-9 .
  2. The little Madonna . Edition Wunderlich, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-8052-0768-9 .
Leo Peheim series
  1. The picture of the old lady. Novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-26454-4 (former title: Curiosity , 1999).
  2. Death on the Camino de Santiago. Detective novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-24685-2 .

The bridge between the worlds . Wunderlich, Reinbek 2018, ISBN 978-3-8052-0027-1 .

Short stories

  • Birthday cards
  • Vernazzano tower . In: Uta-Maria Heim (Ed.): The shot in the architect's head. Crime stories . AV-Edition, Ludwigsburg 2000, ISBN 3-929638-38-X .
  • In: Peter Geerdes (Ed.): Mordlichter . Leda-Verlag, Leer 2005, ISBN 3-934927-12-2 .

Non-fiction

  • The Neuberin . The life story of the first great German actress . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-23740-7 (former title: Nothing but a Comedian , 1993).
  • Hundreds of questions about good sleep . Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-13818-3 (former title: 100 questions about sleep ).
  • We are actually very similar. How mothers and daughters get along today . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-60544-9 .
  • "I kiss you a thousand times". The life of Eva Lessing . Claassen, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-546-00378-0 .

Youth thrillers

  • Nebelmond or Schimanski's jacket. A thriller from the Hamburger Abendblatt (black books; Vol. 17). Verlag des Abendblatts, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-921305-74-8 .
  • Fog moon . Complete revised and exp. New edition Rowohlt, Reinbek 2006, ISBN 3-499-21346-X EA Hamburg (2001).
  • Misty moon and the strange dowry. A scary story . Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-499-33181-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Oelker, Petra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Cloppenburg