Thomas Alder

Thomas Alder

Thomas Erle (born September 16, 1952 in Schwetzingen ) is a German writer .

Life

Thomas Erle grew up in North Baden. He studied mathematics and sports at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg . During this time he was drawn to the world repeatedly on his own, including South and East Asia, North and Latin America, always guided by his strong interest in ethnology, history, art and music of foreign peoples and cultures. After completing additional training in Stuttgart, Thomas Erle began his teaching work, most recently as a teacher at the first German integrative Waldorf school in Emmendingen near Freiburg until 2014 .

A wide variety of publications have been available since 2000. In addition to educational essays and a travel guide, numerous short stories were created . In 2013, the first of several crime novels about the private investigator Lothar Kaltenbach was published, in 2018 'Das Lied der Wächter', a fantasy trilogy from the Black Forest. Thomas Erle is a member of the Syndikat , the association of German-language crime writers.

Publications

Novels

• The Guardians Song - Volume 1: The Awakening. Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2018, ISBN 978-3839223376
• The Guardian Song - Volume 2: The Song . Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2019 ISBN 978-3839223543
• The Guardians Song - Volume 3: The Law . Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2019, ISBN 978-3839223604

Detective novels

• Hochburg - Kaltenbach's fourth case. Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2017. ISBN 978-3-8392-2110-5 .
• Höllsteig - Kaltenbach's third case . Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2015, ISBN 978-3-8392-1748-1 .
• Blood Chapel - Kaltenbach's second case . Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2014, ISBN 978-3-8392-1592-0 .
• Teufelskanzel - Kaltenbach's first case . Gmeiner-Verlag , Messkirch 2013, ISBN 978-3-8392-1394-0 .

anthology

• Murderous Freiburg (previously: Who is murdering in Freiburg?) Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2016, ISBN 978-3839223574

Short thrillers

• Silva Nigra . In: Anne Grießer (ed.): Fir fragrance and bells of the dead: Historical Black Forest crime novels. Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-95428-216-6 .
• The last crime scene. In: Bettina Hellwig (ed.): The murderer from Lake Constance . Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-95428-185-5 .
• Candelabra. In: Anne Grießer, Sascha Berst-Frediani (Ed.): Breisschauer. Scary thrillers and scary stories from the southwest . Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-95428-149-7 .
• Death at the book fair. In: Thomas Erle: Blood Chapel - Kaltenbach's second case . Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2014, ISBN 978-3-8392-1592-0 .
• The postman. In: Anne Grießer (ed.): Breisgauner - New murders from the southwest . Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-95428-139-8 .
• The first time. In: ... Mimi won't go to bed without a crime thriller. Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg 2013. (Jokers Downloads)
• Rituals. In: Sina Beerwald (ed.): Beach chair stories Sylt. Windspiel Verlag, Scharbeutz 2013, ISBN 978-3-944399-00-3 .
• Very easily. In: Ulrich Wellhöfer (Hrsg.): Mannheim on the criminal tour. Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-95428-106-0 .
• Everything organic! In: Anne Grießer (ed.): Burgunder corpses. Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-939540-76-2 .
• The cry of silence. In: Anne Grießer (ed.): Burgunder corpses. Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-939540-76-2 .
• Jelena is dancing. In: Sibylle Zimmermann (Ed.): Riesling corpses. Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-939540-79-3 .
• The sorcerer's apprentice. In: Cordelia Borchardt, Andreas Hoh (ed.): Death is waiting on the web: The best entries for the Agatha Christie crime prize 2011 . Fischer E-Books, Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt 2011.
• The man on the bridge. In: Anne Grießer (Ed.): The long dead person from Münsterplatz. Murder stories from Freiburg and the region . Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-939540-60-1 .
• Death friends. In: Markus Mangold (Ed.): Tatort Elztal. BoD, Waldkirch 2008.

Short stories

• Hitchhikers. In: Herbert Knorr (Ed.): A 45: Along the Autobahn and elsewhere. Literary trips . Grupello-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-933749-37-9 .

travel Guide

• The best from Baden (with Edi Graf, Horst-Dieter Radke, Erich Schütz). Gmeiner Verlag, Messkirch 2018, ISBN 978-3839222911 .
• Freiburg and the region for connoisseurs: Bächle, Bertold, Buntsandstein . Gmeiner-Verlag, Messkirch 2015, ISBN 978-3-8392-1704-7 .

Educational essays

• with Silke Engesser: The pedagogical teamwork at integrative and inclusive Waldorf schools. In: Heiner Barz (Ed.): Teaching at Waldorf schools. Springer VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-658-00550-4 .
• with Silke Engesser: "It is normal to be different". In: Thomas Maschke (Ed.): ... on the way to a school for everyone . Free Spiritual Life Publishing House, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-7725-2514-8 .

Awards

• 2010: Winner of the 1st Freiburg Crime Prize (2nd place)
• 2011: Nomination for the Agatha Christie detective award
• 2013: Nomination for the 1st Sylt short story award

supporting documents

• Series BZ portrait
• Seven questions in the 'crime network'
• Panel discussion: "Making of ... - Author Thomas Erle tells how a crime thriller is created" (BZ-Dialog series of the Badische Zeitung )
• Review of 'Teufelskanzel - Kaltenbach's first case'.

Web links

• Website by Thomas Erle
• Literature by and about Thomas Erle in the catalog of the German National Library