Theodor J. Reisdorf

Theodor J. Reisdorf (born January 29, 1935 in Neuss ; † November 11, 2015 ) was a German writer .

Life

Theodor J. Reisdorf was born in the Uedesheim district of Neuss . Between 1951 and 1954, Theodor J. Reisdorf completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk before graduating from high school in Wilhelmshaven in 1958 . He then studied economics and social sciences in Cologne , Hamburg and Mannheim and completed his studies with an examination as a business teacher. From 1965 to 1967 he was a trainee lawyer in Bielefeld , where he also passed the second state examination, and in the following years taught at business schools in Aachen , Norden and Emden , most recently as senior student adviser . In 1997 he retired. Reisdorf lived in the Hager district of Berum in East Frisia .

According to his own statement, he was encouraged to write by the Jerry Cotton Prize . In 1982 he published his debut novel Land, Menschen und Leichen , thereby creating the genre of the "Friesian thriller". Reisdorf's novel Tödliche Teestunde served as a free template for Raimund Weber's screenplay for the Tatort episode Mord hinterm Deich , which was first broadcast on December 25, 1996, directed by Olaf Kreinsen.

Theodor J. Reisdorf died on November 11, 2015 at the age of 80.

Works

• Land, people and corpses . Bastei Lübbe Verlag , Cologne , 1982, ISBN 978-3-404-36054-3
• Island beauty . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1986, ISBN 978-3-404-37021-4
• Jade thistle . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1988, ISBN 978-3-404-37043-6
• You shall not covet ... . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1990, ISBN 978-3-404-19540-4
• The murder makes the music . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1990, ISBN 978-3-404-19509-1
• Deadly tea hour . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1992, ISBN 978-3-404-19574-9
• The dead one from the north beach . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1993, ISBN 978-3-404-19580-0
• The dead girls from Jever . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1994, ISBN 978-3-404-19556-5
• Murder in the fishing port . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1995, ISBN 978-3-404-19602-9
• Death trip off Juist . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1996, ISBN 978-3-404-19609-8
• The dune grave . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1997, ISBN 978-3-404-13886-9
• Death before Borkum . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1999, ISBN 978-3-404-14226-2
• Frisian death . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2000, ISBN 978-3-404-14352-8
• Murderous Friesian wedding . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2001, ISBN 978-3-404-14541-6
• Last trip to Spiekeroog . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2003, ISBN 978-3-404-14890-5
• 13 small Frisian murders . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2003, ISBN 978-3-404-14904-9
• The dead man in the corn field . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2005, ISBN 978-3-404-15313-8
• Frisian death symphony . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2006, ISBN 978-3-404-15492-0
• Fog death on Norderney . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2008, ISBN 978-3-404-15846-1
• Murder in Norddeich . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2009, ISBN 978-3-404-15985-7
• Murderous North Sea wind . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2010, ISBN 978-3-404-16430-1
• Last exit Ostfriesland . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-16025-9
• Bad game in Friesland . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2012, ISBN 978-3-404-16635-0
• North Sea Curse . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2013, ISBN 978-3-404-16744-9

Anthologies

• Frisian murders. Three detective novels . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach , 1988, ISBN 3-404-19525-6
• More Frisian murders. Three exciting criminal cases behind the dykes . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1995, ISBN 978-3-404-19600-5
• Dykes, dunes, Frisian murders. Three criminal cases from the north beach . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 1998, ISBN 978-3-404-13997-2
• Island murders. Three murderous novels on Juist, Borkum and Baltrum . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2002, ISBN 978-3-404-14722-9
• Frisian death / murderous Frisian wedding. Two novels in one volume . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-15661-0

Audio books

• Theodor J. Reisdorf, David Nathan (speaker): Fatal Father's Day . Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne, 2006, ISBN 978-3-404-77091-5
• Theodor J. Reisdorf, Sascha Rotermund (speaker): Troubadour and the dune murder . LübbeAudio, Cologne, 2006, ISBN 978-3-404-77146-2
• Theodor J. Reisdorf, Axel Gottschick (spokesman): We didn't want to kill him . LübbeAudio, Cologne, 2006, ISBN 978-3-404-77126-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Theodor J. Reisdorf in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Theodor J. Reisdorf. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 837, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
2. ^ Obituary notice Theodor J. Reisdorf. In: ok-trauer.de. November 21, 2015, accessed November 24, 2015.