Tom Zürcher
Tom Zürcher (* 1966 in Zurich ) is a Swiss writer and copywriter .
life and work
Tom Zürcher grew up in Zurich. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, Zürcher first worked in the banking industry. After various activities, he joined advertising, where he worked as a copywriter for large Swiss agencies for many years. He has been working as a freelance copywriter and writer since 2011.
He wrote Tschivers Cambel's first (unpublished) novel and The Search for Treasure at the age of ten. Of the six novels that Zürcher has written, four have so far been published. The first published book was the crime novel Högo Sopatis determined .
With the third novel Mobbing Dick , published in 2019 , he was the only Swiss author to be nominated for the German Book Prize 2019.
Tom Zürcher lives in Zurich.
Single track
- Högo Sopatis investigates . Detective novel. Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 978-3-821805-72-6 .
- Dead fish don't talk. A crispy detective novel . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1999, ISBN 978-3-401026-10-7 .
- The Spartan . Novel. Lenos Verlag, Basel 2016, ISBN 978-3-85787-468-0 .
- Mobbing Dick , Roman 320 S., Salis Verlag, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-906195-83-4 .
literature
- Theo Breuer : Twenty Days - Twenty Novels: A Book Game . In: Matrix . Journal for literature and art , 58th edition, Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2019, pp. 7–167.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author profile Tom Zürcher , Salis Verlag, accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Message in person (on persoenlich.ch)
- ↑ Interview with Tom Zürcher on bluewin.ch ( Memento from August 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Review of The Spartaner (on book reviews )
- ^ Writer Tom Zürcher on longlist (on Zentralplus.ch)
- ↑ Die Rache des bank apprentices , review by Deutschlandfunk from August 16, 2019, accessed August 26, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zürcher, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer and copywriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |