Uwe Voehl

Uwe Voehl (born April 26, 1959 in Hagen ) is a German writer, editor and editor who mainly - sometimes under a pseudonym (as Monica Mirelli ) - publishes works of the crime genre and fantasy.

Life

Uwe Voehl edited the anthology Die Galgenpuppe while he was still at school . After graduating from high school in Hagener Fichte-Gymnasium and completing his military service in Stade, Voehl studied business administration and law , later he worked as an advertising copywriter and conceptual designer in agencies and mail order companies such as the Otto Group .

Uwe Voehl lives as a freelance author and editor in Bad Salzuflen . He has been writing the monthly column Voehls Welt for the “Salzstreuner” magazine since 2011 , which since November 2016 has been renamed Held Welt . Balthasar Held is a character from Voehl's Lippe crime novels. Voehl also works as a lecturer in creative writing , including for the " Bastei Lübbe Academy" directed by Ann-Kathrin Schwarz and Jan F. Wielpütz . In 2012 Voehl founded “Murder Press” together with Jörg Kleudgen . Since the death of the “father of the series”, Ernst Vlcek, Uwe Voehl has been in charge of the synopsis for the Das Haus Zamis book series . Since 2014, Uwe Voehl has been editor of the Bastei entertainment series Cotton Reloaded , a remake of the successful crime novel series Jerry Cotton . Uwe Voehl has been supervising the Bastei novel series Professor Zamorra since 2017 .

Until the end of 2015 Voehl was a member of the Syndikat authors' association . In 2014 he was a member of the jury for the Hansjörg Martin Prize , and in 2015 he was a member of the Glauser Prize jury for “Krimidebut”.

Awards and nominations (selection)

• Nyctalus Prize for the best short story (nomination) 2005
• Krimipreis Schloss Netzschkau for the best short story (1st place) 2006
• Krimipreis Schloss Wildenfels for the best short story (1st place) 2006
• Utopia Literature Prize from Aktion Mensch and the German Book Trade Association 2008
• various nominations from 2008–2017 for the Vincent Prize

Works: Crime and Thriller (selection)

Novels :

Commissioner Coltella series:

• Murder Christmas (under the pseudonym Monica Mirelli with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn ), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-940077-38-7 .
• Murder Easter (under the pseudonym Monica Mirelli with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-57-8 .
• Mords-Muttertag (under the pseudonym Monica Mirelli with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-940077-81-3 .
• Murder birthday (under the pseudonym Monica Mirelli with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-942446-18-1 .
• Murder Wedding (under the pseudonym Monica Mirelli with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-942446-88-4 .
• Great vacation (with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2015, ISBN 978-3-940077-81-3 .
• Mords-Feste (with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2017, ISBN 978-3954413584 .
• Mords-Feste 2 (with Ralf Kramp and Carsten Sebastian Henn), KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2017, ISBN 978-3954413799 .

Morgenstern & Dickens series:

• Blood and beets. Bastei-Lübbe, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-16063-1 .
• Death and ham. Bastei-Lübbe, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-404-16751-7 .
• Dinner with murder. Bastei-Lübbe, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-404-16989-4 .

Lippe crime series:

• Murderous course shadows. topp + möller, Detmold 2013, ISBN 978-3-936867-47-3 .
• Lipper blood. topp + möller, Detmold 2016, ISBN 978-3-936867-64-0 .

Kitchen crime series:

• Murder as an aperitif. topp + möller, Detmold 2014, ISBN 978-3-936867-53-4 .
• Drama at dinner. topp + möller, Detmold 2015, ISBN 978-3-936867-56-5 .
• Death for dessert. topp + möller, Detmold 2015, ISBN 978-3-936867-58-9 .

Individual works:

• Sister pain. Bastei Entertainment, Cologne 2015.

As editor and text editor:

• with Claudia Puhlfürst : OWL criminal. KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-55-4 .
• with Peter Gerdes: Westphalian murder compote. Leda-Verlag, Leer 2012, ISBN 978-3-86412-008-4 .
• Cotton Reloaded. E-book and audio series, Bastei Entertainment, Cologne 2014–2018.

Works, fantastic (selection)

• with Michael Knoke and Jörg Bartscher-Kleudgen : Cassini's songs. Goblin Press, Arnsberg 2003.
• with Jörg Bartscher-Kleudgen: Hallig-Spuk. Goblin Press, Arnsberg 2003.
• Black hearts. mgverlag / Edition Bärenklau, Plaidt 2006, ISBN 3-931164-47-0 .
• Dead Sea. Basilisk Verlag, Reichelsheim 2008, ISBN 3-935706-35-9 .
• The archive of the black coffins. Zaubermond Verlag, Hamburg 2008.
• The beach hotel of the seven screams. Zaubermond Verlag, Hamburg 2009.
• The kiss of Medusa. KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-58-5 .
• Necroversum. 4 volumes Bastei Entertainment, Cologne 2013–2015 (only as e-book and audio file)
• with Jörg Bartscher-Kleudgen: Arkheim. Goblin Press, Büdingen 2016.
• with Malte S. Sembten: Fischmund. Edition CL Eric Hantsch, Neustadt 2017.
• The Inquisitor (WITCH HAMMER I). Zaubermond-Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-95426-631-9 .
• All suffering is eternal (WITCH'S HAMMER II). Zaubermond-Verlag, Hamburg 2019.

As editor and editor:

• The gallows doll. Erich Pabel Verlag, Rastatt 1979.
• No more monsters. (with Malte S. Sembten ).
• Bloody tears. Zaubermond Verlag, Hamburg 2006.
• The devil worshipers. Zaubermond Verlag, Hamburg 2012.
• The witch's house. Zaubermond Verlag, Hamburg 2012.
• Horror factory. E-book and audio series, Bastei Entertainment, Cologne 2013–2014.
• Kingsport - a travel guide. Basilisk Verlag, Reichelsheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-935706-80-3 .
• Angel Island: The Halloween Anthology. (with Oliver Schütte), Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-404-17075-3 .
• Leipzig morbid: A journey through dark Leipzig in 21 stories. (with Uwe Schimunek), Lychatz Verlag, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-942929-54-7 .
• Professor Zamorra. Bastei Lübbe, Cologne, from 2017.

Other (selection)

• Allerleigrau: New German nursery rhymes. Illustrated by Ralf Alex Fichtner. Bad Salzuflen / Schwarzenberg 2019.

Web links

• interview
• Portrait ( Memento from February 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Literature by and about Uwe Voehl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview in Phantastikon on April 3, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.literaturcafe.de: Interview with Ann-Kathrin Schwarz, director of the Bastei Lübbe Academy. (April 17, 2013).