Ulrich Hefner

Reading in the Teutonic Order Museum Bad Mergentheim 2009

Ulrich K. Hefner (* 1961 in Bad Mergentheim ) is a police officer , journalist and crime writer .

Ulrich Hefner is a member of the Police Poets , the syndicate , the interest group of German-speaking authors (IGDA) and the German Press Association . He is married, has two children and lives in Lauda-Königshofen .

His crime novels are set on the North Sea, and he has located his chief investigator Martin Trevisan in Wilhelmshaven. Under the pseudonym Max Zorn , he writes thrillers / crime novels about his main character Vito Falk, which are set on the Baltic Sea. The other thrillers span the whole world.

In addition to Germany, his crime novels are also published in the Netherlands , Poland , Russia , Spain and the Ukraine .

Awards

In 2002 he won the ZDF short story competition escript 2002, which was endowed with the Adolf Grimme Prize .

Publications

In addition to various articles and anthology contributions, Ulrich Hefner has so far published:

• A gentle wind called Fryheit: From the turmoil of the Peasant War. Franconian news, Tauberbischofsheim 2001, ISBN 3-924780-44-7 .
• Death comes in black and purple. Leda-Verlag, Leer 2004, ISBN 3-934927-43-2 .
• The cradle of the wind. Leda-Verlag, Leer 2006, ISBN 3-934927-69-6 .
• Djevolo, island of fear. (Audio book) Grosser & Stein, Pforzheim 2006
• The incredible time travel of Prof. Dr. William C. Hollyfield. (Audio book) Grosser & Stein, Pforzheim 2006
• Trevisan and the dead man on the quay. Leda-Verlag, Leer 2007, ISBN 978-3934927971 .
• The house in the dunes. Leda-Verlag, Leer 2008, ISBN 978-3939689072 .
• The third level. Goldmann Verlag , Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-47054-9 .
• The smile of the dead eyes. Leda-Verlag, Leer 2009, ISBN 978-3-939689-17-1 .
• The brotherhood of Christ. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-47224-6 .
• Mutated. Club Bertelsmann , Rheda-Wiedenbrück 2011, Book No. 118445022
• The pharmacist's son. Leda Verlag, Leer 2012, ISBN 978-3-86412-007-7 .
• Blood Island. Der Club-Bertelsmann, order no .: 991297654 (Club premiere 2013)
• Kalteiche , Leda-Verlag, Leer 2017, ISBN 978-3-86412-203-3 .

Under Max Zorn:

• Der Bastard, Weltbild-Exclusive, Augsburg 2020, ISBN 978-3963773280

Publications abroad:

• Trezeci Poziom (The Third Level) 2010, Albatros Publishing House, Warsaw (Poland), ISBN 978-83-7659-236-7 .
• Brotherhood of Christ 2010, Hemiro Publishing House, Russia, Ukraine, ISBN 978-966-14-0789-2 .
• De Dood sluipt rond in zwart en paars (black-purple) 2011, Paradigma-Verlag, Best (Netherlands), ISBN 978-90-78840237 .
• La Hermandad de Cristo (Brotherhood of Christ) 2012, Boveda Publishing House, Seville (Spain), ISBN 978-84-15497-16-5 .
• Bractwo Chrystusa (Brotherhood of Christ), 2016, Albatros, Warsaw (Poland), ISBN 978-83-7885-662-7 .

swell

• Authors from Baden-Württemberg, Leda-Verlag, publisher's information

Web links

• ulrichhefner.de
• Literature by and about Ulrich Hefner in the catalog of the German National Library