Ilka Stitz (born 22 October 1960) is a German writer of historical thrillers.

Biography

Stitz was born in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, Germany. She studied art history, German studies and classical archaeology in

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

and

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. Her interest in Roman history and many visits to historical sites in Turkey inspired her to write historical novels. She now resides and works in

. Together with Karola Hagemann, she formed the writing duo of Hagemann & Stitz, which under the

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

"Malachy Hyde" has to date written six novels and five short stories.Malachy Hyde at The Detective and the Toga
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;with Karola Hagemann: **1999 (as Malachy Hyde) ''Tod und Spiele'', Diederichs **2002 (as Malachy Hyde) ''Eines jeden Kreuz'', Weitbrecht **2004 (as Malachy Hyde) ''Wisse, dass du sterblich bist'' **2006 (as Hagemann & Stitz) ''Das Geheimnis des Mithras-Tempels'', Grafit 2006, **2007 (as Malachy Hyde) ''Gewinne der Götter Gunst'' **2009 (as Hagemann & Stitz) ''Jung stirbt, wen die Götter lieben'', Grafit 2009, ;Short stories: **2010: ''Mit eiserner Zunge'', in: Der Ring der Niedersachsen, Zu Klampen Publisher *with Karola Hagemann: **2004 ''Das Vermächtnis der Colonia Ulpia Traiana'', in: Mord am Niederrhein, Grafit Publisher **2004 ''Das Gold der Erde'', in: Tatort FloraFarm, Juwi Macmillan Publisher **2005 ''Die Götter sind müde'' in: Mords-Feste. Kalenderkrimis vom Tatort Niederrhein, Leporello Publisher **2006 ''Die Venus von Schloss Dyck'' in: Radieschen von unten. Leporello Publisher 2006, **2009 ''Die Entflammten'' in: Das steinerne Auge. Bookspot Publisher

References

External links

Ilka Stitz websiteHagemann & Stitz website
1960 births Living people 21st-century German novelists German women short story writers Writers from Hanover University of Cologne alumni German women novelists 21st-century German women writers 21st-century German short story writers {{Germany-writer-stub