Wilhelm J. Krefting

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Wilhelm J. Krefting ( pseudonym ) (born July 13, 1981 in Münster ; real name Wilhelm Josef Krechting ) is a German writer .

Life

WJ Krefting at the Leipzig Book Fair 2018

Krefting studied political science , English and German at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster from 2002 to 2007 and completed the course with a Magister Artium (MA). In 2008 he studied journalism at La Trobe University in Melbourne, which was completed with a Graduate Certificate in Journalism.

During his studies he worked as a freelance journalist for Bild-Zeitung , Westfälische Nachrichten , Die Welt , Hamburger Abendblatt and the Australian Business Spectator. He also completed an internship in the German Bundestag .

From 2009 to 2011 Krefting worked as a trainee at the Rheinische Post media group until he started as press spokesman for the software manufacturer shopware AG in his home town of Schöppingen .

His fifth novel Aschekinder could only be pushed from the top of the Tolino e-book charts after three months by a book by Joanne K. Rowling .

In March 2018, Krefting took part in the Leipzig Book Fair and held readings and book signings there.

Works

Novels

  • 2013: On the seventh day you shall die, also: scourge of fire
  • 2014: Corpse harvest
  • 2015: Death Sky
  • 2015: funeral game
  • 2016: Ashes children
  • 2017: Ash Maiden

Individual evidence

  1. | Harry Potter falls Wiljo Krechting - Westfälische Nachrichten, December 31, 2016, accessed on March 26, 2018
  2. | Leipzig Book Fair - Westfälische Nachrichten, March 16, 2018, accessed on March 26, 2018
  3. | The Schöppinger Wilhelm J. Krefting publishes his first crime thriller - Westfälische Nachrichten, August 24, 2013, accessed on March 26, 2018
  4. | Wiljo Krechting on his second thriller "Leichenernte" - Westfälische Nachrichten, October 25, 2014, accessed on March 26, 2018