R. Scott Reiss

Robert Scott Reiss (also Bob Reiss ; * 1951 in New York ) is an American journalist and writer .

Life

Reiss studied journalism at Northwestern University and graduated with a bachelor's degree . He then moved to the University of Oregon , where he earned the title MA. Reiss was able to publish his first articles as a freelancer while still a student. After successfully completing his studies, he began to write for various newspapers and magazines; u. a. for Chicago Tribune , WP Magazine Glamor , Rolling Stone , Gentlemen's Quarterly and Parade .

At the same time, in addition to his daily job, a literary oeuvre of detective novels was created over time . Reiss used different forms of his name. His cycle around the New York police officer "Conrad Voort" ( NYPD ) he published under the pseudonym Ethan Black ; in German they appeared under the name Scott Canterbury . Reiss made his literary debut in 1980 with his novel "Summer Fires".

He currently (2011) lives with the TV producer Wendy Roth in New York.

Works (selection)

Conrad Voort cycle

1. The Dead Hearts Club. Roman ("The broken hearts club"). Goldmann, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-442-44266-4 .
2. The avenging angel. Roman ("Irresistible"). Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-44694-5 .
3. Only death is alien. Roman ("All the dead were strangers"). Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-45141-8 .
4. Dead for Life. A novel . Simon & Schuster, New York 2003, ISBN 0-7432-5558-5 .
5. At hell's gate. A novel . Simon & Schuster, New York 2004, ISBN 0-7432-4398-6 .

Individual crime novels

• Death game. Thriller ("The animal game"). Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-26963-4 (translated by Charlotte Breuer).
  • Death game. Radio play . Abridged reading. Audiobook Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86909-009-2 (4 CDs, read by Ulrich Pleitgen ).
• Black Monday. Thriller ("Black Monday"). Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-28103-2 (translated by Charlotte Breuer).
  • Black Monday. Radio play . Abridged reading. Hörbuch Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89903-602-2 (4 CDs, read by Ulrich Pleitgen ).
• And death is cold. Roman ("Purgatory Road"). Scherz-Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-502-51597-2 .
• Summer fires . Simon & Schuster, New York 1980, ISBN 0-671-24655-0 .
• Serum. Thriller ("The side effect"). Ullstein, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-548-28217-6 .
• The Casco deception . Little Brown, Boston, Mass. 1983, ISBN 0-316-73965-0 .
• Divine assassin . Little Brown, New York 1985, ISBN 0-316-73969-3 .
• Saltmaker . Viking Press, New York 1988, ISBN 0-670-80247-6 .
• Flamingo. A novel . St. Martins Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-312-03693-0 .
• The last spy . Simon & Schuster, New York 1993, ISBN 0-671-77622-3 .

Non-fiction

• The coming storm. Extreme weather and our terrifying future . Hyperion Press, New York 2001, ISBN 0-7868-6665-9 .

Web links

• Homepage of R. Scott Reiss , English