Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett (born 20 April 1960 ( according to other sources 1968) in Sheffield, United Kingdom ) is a British journalist and author. He became known by several thriller about the fictional forensic anthropologist David Hunter. His books have been translated into 29 languages ​​and have sold over 7 million times.

Biography

After graduating with a Master of Arts in English Beckett worked as a real estate agent, caretaker, English and Spanish teacher and drummer before devoting himself exclusively to writing. As a freelance journalist, he wrote for The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other publications.

In research, he learned the police work from the inside to know; this applies particularly to his experience with the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee in Tennessee, USA, a research institute for processes of decay. This knowledge he processed in his novels.

Already in 1996 awarded him the German " Raymond Chandler Society " for the novel the Animals Marlowe in the "International" category. His book The Chemistry of Death was released in 2006 and spans to the fictional forensic scientist David Hunter, a criminal history. The novel was nominated for the 2006 Dagger Award. In the summer of 2007, he sat the David Hunter series continues with the novel Cold Ash, in which he discussed and demythologized spontaneous human spontaneous combustion. In early 2009 he released his next novel Leichenblässe who plays in Tennessee and focuses on David Hunter's work on the Body Farm. The already published in 1998 and published in German in 2009 Obsession novel set in London and is about a boy with autism. He is not part of the series by David Hunter.

Beckett is married and lives with his wife Hilary in Sheffield.

Bibliography

  • 2006 The Chemistry of Death The Chemistry of Death
  • Cold ash
  • Leichenblässe
  • Decay
  • Animals, dt by Andree Hesse, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-24915-0
  • Flames brood, German by Michaela link Rowohlt, Reinbek 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24916-7 (former title The child of Prometheus ).
  • Obsession, dt by Andree Hesse, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24886-3.
  • The farm, dt by Juliane Pahnke; Wunderlich, Reinbek 2014, ISBN 978-3-8052-5068-9
  • Snowfall. In: Deadly gifts. The most exciting Christmas Mystery. Edited by Silke Jellinghaus, Wunderlich Verlag, Reinbek 2009, ISBN 978-3-8052-0883-3, pp. 7-16.
  • An ordinary day. In: Crime scene tree. Commissioners celebrate Christmas. Edited by Friederike Ney, Wunderlich Verlag, Reinbek 2012, ISBN 978-3-8052-5048-1, pp. 7-29.
  • Cat and mouse. Rowohlt eBook, 2013, ISBN 978-3-644-21431-6.

Audiobooks

  • The Chemistry of Death. Audio book, Freiburg / B. 2006, ISBN 3-89964-196-5 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 456 mins)
  • Cold ashes. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-725-0 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 449 min)
  • Deathly pallor. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-594-2 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 454 min)
  • Flames brood. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-941-4 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 417 min)
  • Obsession. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-618-5 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 472 min)
  • Voyeur. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8398-9034-9 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 410 mins)
  • Animals. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3839810743 ( 5 CDs, read by John Steck, 384 min)
  • Decay. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8398-1087-3 (on 6 CDs, read by John Steck, 430 mins)
  • Cat and mouse. Argon Verlag, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8398-1290-7 ( on 1 CD, read by John Steck, 57 min)
  • The courtyard ( available from February 2014) ISBN 978-3-8052-5068-9
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