Wolfgang Kemmer
Wolfgang Kemmer (* 1966 in Simmern / Hunsrück ) is a German author and editor of detective novels, short stories and historical novels.
Life
Wolfgang Kemmer grew up in Wiebelsheim . He studied German , English and Anglo-American history in Cologne and published his first crime novels while he was still a student. His master's thesis on the detective novels by the German author Jörg Fauser was also published in book form. After completing his studies, Kemmer worked as a trainee and then as a lecturer in a Munich literature agency. From 2006 to 2014 he was in charge of the short crime podcast for Joker's worldview, which he launched together with Matthias Stöbener .
Under a pseudonym he wrote many short thrillers for various magazines and newspapers and edited a number of anthologies . His short story "The highest good" was nominated in 2011 for the Agatha Christie detective award. Kemmer is a member of the crime writers association Syndikat . Today he lives as a freelance author, editor and lecturer in Augsburg.
Works (selection)
Detective novels
- Black widows . Klein and Blechinger, Elsdorf 1996, ISBN 3-927658-37-5 .
- How good that nobody knows . Klein and Blechinger, Elsdorf 1997, ISBN 3-927658-50-2 .
- End stop - criminal journeys and tracks . Wolfgang Kemmer (Ed.), Jokers, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8289-9789-9
- Sherlock's ghost . Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2015, ISBN 978-3-8392-1753-5 .
Historical novels
- Conflagration. A thriller from the Middle Ages . Emons, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-89705-367-5
- On behalf of the mayor. Historical novel . Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2017, ISBN 978-3-8392-5505-6
- The gatekeeper's sister . Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2020, ISBN 978-3-8392-2557-8
Anthologies
- Glauser's heirs . Short detective stories, Jokers, 2008
- Shortly passed away . KBV-Verlag, Hillesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-940077-42-4
Texts about crime fiction
- Hammett-Chandler-Fauser. Productive reception of American hardboiled school in the German crime novel . Teiresias, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-934305-28-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Kemmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Kemmer in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Website by Wolfgang Kemmer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Syndicate - Association for the promotion of German-language crime literature: Wolfgang Kemmer. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Kemmer, author in the Hörmord cartel. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kemmer, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Simmern / Hunsrück |