Steven Saylor

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Steven Saylor (2012)

Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956 in Port Lavaca , Texas ) is an American writer who mainly writes historical novels . He graduated with a degree in history and classical studies from the University of Texas at Austin .

Although he also wrote novels about Texan history, he is mainly and in the German-speaking area almost exclusively known for his crime series Roma Sub Rosa , which is set in ancient Rome at the end of the republic . The protagonist of the novels is a “private detective” named Gordianus (the seeker, in the English-language original the Finder), whom Saylor has Sulla , Cicero , Caesar and Cleopatra meet among others . For the novel Catilina's Riddle he received the Lambda Literary Award in 1994 in the category Gay men's mystery . For his 1999 novel, Rubicon (dt. No turning back from the Rubicon) awarded him in 2000. The Historical Mystery Appreciation Society (HMAS) with the Herodotus Award in the category of historical Best US Roman from. In 2004, the Swedish crime magazine Jury awarded Saylor the Flintyxan as the best historical crime novel for Romarblod (Original: Roman Blood , German Cicero's smile).

Prior to his historical novels, he wrote and published erotic literature under the pseudonym Aaron Travis .

Works (selection)

Gordianus series (in chronological and historical order)
  1. The Seven Wonders. A Novel of the Ancient World . Minotaur Books, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-312-35984-3
  2. Cicero's smile. A thriller from ancient Rome ( Roman Blood ). Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-42949-8 .
  3. The House of the Vestals. The investigations of Gordianus the finder . St. Martin's Press, New York 1997, ISBN 0-312-15444-5 ( short stories; content: Death wears a mask, The tale of the Treasure House, A will is a way, The Lemures, Little Caesar and the pirates, The disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver, King Bee and honey, The Alexandrian cat, The house of the vestals, The life and times of Gordianus the finder).
  4. A Gladiator Dies Only Once. The further investigations of Gordianus the finder . St. Martin's Press, New York 2005, ISBN 0-312-27120-4 (short stories; content: The consul's wife, If a cyclop could vanish in the blink of an eye, The white fawn, Something fishy in Pompeii, Archimede's tomb, Death by Eros, A fladiator dies only once, Poppy and the poisoned cake, The cherries of Lucullus, The life and times of Gordianus the finder).
  5. The gates of Hades. A thriller from ancient Rome ( Arms of Nemesis ). Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-43175-1 .
  6. The riddle of Catiline. A thriller from ancient Rome ( Catilina's Riddle ). Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-43389-4 .
  7. Roman laurel. A thriller from ancient Rome ( The Venus Throw ). Goldmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-43611-7 .
  8. Murder on the Appian Way. A murder mystery from ancient Rome ( A Murder on the Appian Way ). Goldmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-43914-0 .
  9. No turning back from the Rubicon. A thriller from ancient Rome ( Rubicon ). Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg 2006, ISBN 3-89897-331-X .
  10. Last lakes in Massilia. St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2000, ISBN 0-312-20928-2 .
  11. A Mist of Prophecies. St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-27121-2 .
  12. The Judgment of Caesar. St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2004, ISBN 0-312-27119-0 .
  13. The Triumph of Caesar. St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-312-35983-6 .
Other novels

literature

  • Kai Brodersen (Ed.): Crimina. Antiquity in the modern detective novel . Verlag Antike, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-938032-03-0 (several articles on Saylor)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Saylor, Steven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Travis, Aaron (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Lavaca , Texas