Volker Backert
Volker Backert (born November 4, 1962 in Coburg ) is a German author who writes crime novels and short stories.
biography
After high school graduation in 1982 at the Meranier-Gymnasium Lichtenfels and military service , he studied from 1983 in Munich at the Bavarian civil service college for social administration with a degree in administrative management (FH) . From 1986 he worked as a team leader in agricultural social insurance in Bayreuth. In 1989 he moved to the city of Coburg, where he first worked in the social welfare office, before becoming head of the public security department in 1995 and working closely with the police for eighteen years. He has been working at the Coburg registry office since 2013. His works are published by Emons Verlag in Cologne .
Backert is a member of Syndikat eV , the association of German-speaking crime writers.
The father of a daughter and a son is divorced and lives in Lichtenfels.
reception
The short thriller Last Words was included in the anthology Finsterböses Bayern in 2014, the net proceeds of which will go to the Bavarian Hospice and Palliative Association.
Publications
- The house of Nikolaus , Emons, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-740-1
- Death fetter , Emons, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-95451-019-1
- Last words , in: Angela Eßer, Heidi Keller (Ed.): Finsterböses Bavaria: 25 crime stories . Allitera, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3869064994
- Hardrock , Emons, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-95451-565-3
- Rhein-Main-Bestie , Emons, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-7408-0161-8
- October night , Emons, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-7408-0767-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Blacker, Harder, Faster". May 4, 2014, accessed August 12, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backert, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |