Sebastian Fitzek

David Sebastian Fitzek ( born October 13, 1971 in Berlin ) is a German writer and journalist. Its total circulation worldwide is approximately 4.5 million books sold and he is thus one of the most successful German writers.

Life

Sebastian Fitzek was born in 1971 in Berlin. He continues to live in his home town and works in the program manager of the Berlin radio station 104.6 RTL. He studied law until the first state examination, received his doctorate in copyright law and then worked as chief editor and program director for several radio stations in Germany.

Fitzek wrote as co-author, together with the name researcher Jürgen Udolph the nonfiction professor Udolphs Book of Names, which is published by Bertelsmann in 2005. Der Spiegel bestseller was a template for the television format Germany - your name was involved in its development Fitzek. The program was broadcast in March 2006 by ZDF moderated Johannes B. Kerner.

Since 2006 Fitzek writes psychological thriller, all of which became bestsellers. His first work, The therapy was published in July 2006 Earthscan Publishing, as well as his subsequent. The film rights to the book bought the Odeon Film AG. In 2007, The therapy was nominated as best thriller debut for the Friedrich Glauser Prize. Fitzeks Next Thriller Amokspiel appeared in April 2007, for the golden child movie AG bought the film rights. 2012 was carried out with the child, the first film adaptation of his novel of the same name. Last thriller Noah was released in December 2013 Publisher 's Bastion Luebbe.

As more experimental human Fitzek went often breaking new ground in his readings. He accepted invitations from his readers, reading, among other things in a student apartment, in the funeral hall of a funeral home, where hospice in Wolfsburg and in a dental office. As the first author, he rented at the Leipzig Book Fair 2013 an own stand is the innovator, books should have a "soundtrack". So he offers to 2014 readings of the novel Noah with musical accompaniment by the Berlin band " Buffer Underun ".

Fitzeks works have been translated into 20 languages. As one of the few German thriller authors, he is laid in England and the USA.

In September 2013 a Berlin premiere of the psychological thriller The celebrated Soulbreaker premiere at the Berliner Kriminal Theater.

Fitzek is married since 2004, has three children and lives in Berlin. The premature birth of a son (2013 ) led him to volunteer to get involved as a patron of the association " The prematurely born child."

Influences

According to information Fitzek was influenced in his childhood by Enid Blyton, Michael Ende and Alfred Weidenmann. Later, it was Stephen King, Michael Crichton and John Grisham. Today Sebastian Fitzek reads everything by Harlan Coben.

Works

Psycho Thriller

  • Therapy. Knaur paperback publishing house, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-63309-4
  • Amokspiel. Knaur paperback publishing house, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-63309-0
  • The child. Droemer, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-19782-0
  • The soul crusher. Knaur paperback publishing house, Munich 2008, ISBN 3-426-63792-8
  • Splitter. Droemer, Munich 2009, ISBN 3-426-19847-9
  • The eyes of collectors. Droemer, München 2010, ISBN 3-426-19851-7
  • P. S. I 'll kill you ( as the publisher ). Droemer, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-19897-1
  • The eyes hunter. Droemer, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-19881-0
  • Do not fall asleep. Short story eBook by neobooks.com, November 2011
  • Truncated ( with Michael Tsokos ). Droemer, Munich, 2012. ISBN 978-3-426-19926-8
  • The somnambulist. Knaur paperback publishing house, Munich 2013. ISBN 978-3-426-50374-4
  • Noah. Bastion Luebbe, 2013. ISBN 978-3-7857-2482-8

Non-fiction

  • The unknown type of use. Berlin scientific -Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-8305-0096-4. (Dissertation)
  • The 10 largest radio Secrets ( with Rüdiger Kreklau ). Berlin 2002. ISBN 3-8311-1219-3
  • Professor Udolphs Book of Names: Where they come from - what do they mean ( with Jürgen Udolph ). Bertelsmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-15428-6

Audiobooks (excerpt)

  • 2013: Noah, Audio Luebbe shortened, 6 CDs 432 mins, read by Simon Hunter, ISBN 978-3785747841

Trivia

  • In the 13th edition of his novel The therapy page 45 is wrong. Instead of the correct side side 31 was reprinted. The author provided comments by January 14, 2009 on his website, and rejected the suggestion that this would be a detail of his book. Readers who have acquired such a specimen, the author offers to download the correct page.
  • In January 2011, Fitzek launched in collaboration with the bookselling concept line- rich Direct Group Bertelsmann action "interactive novel with Sebastian Fitzek ". This had fans via Facebook five weeks the opportunity to participate together with the author on the plot of the novel The profile whose title and start Fitzek action had prescribed.
  • In the e-book Last Help (November 2011) Fitzek told in a short story the prehistory to the eyes hunter.
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