Jan Zweyer (born December 12, 1953, in

Frankfurt (Main) Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

)''Cholfirst-Krimi: Mord nicht ausgeschlossen'' (Cholfirst criminal story: Murder not excluded
) is a German writer. Jan Zweyer is only his pen name. His real name is Rüdiger Richartz.

Career

He first graduated in

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and then in

social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...

and worked as scientific clerk. After that he worked as a

freelance ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

.Kettwiger Weinkeller FlyerKriminacht (Kettwiger Weinkeller criminal story night)
He has been working for an international industrial company for several years and only writes in his leisure. Zweyer writes detective stories which deal in the

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

and are very popular in Northrhine-Westphalia because of its naturalistic descriptions.deutschsprachige Krimiautoren Zweyer, Jan (German Speaking detective story authors)

Novels

*1998 ''Glück auf. Glück ab'' . . *1999 ''Alte Genossen'' . . *1999 ''Siebte Sohle, Querschlag West'' . . *1999 ''Tödliches Abseits'' . . *2000 ''Georgs Geheimnis'' . . *2001 ''Tatort Töwerland'' . . *2002 ''Glänzender Tod'' . . *2004 ''Verkauftes Sterben'' . . *2005 ''Als der Himmel verschwand'' . . *2007 ''Franzosenliebchen'', Grafit Verlag, . OCL

*2009 ''Goldfasan'', Grafit Verlag, . *2011 ''Persilschein'', Grafit Verlag, . .

Short stories

*2002 ''Nur wir allein'' *2002 ''Das Skelett von Königsborn'' *2004 ''Mit Walther in Aldekerk'' *2004 ''Margarethe'' * 2006 '' Goleo and Pille, Goleo, Pille, Pils und Schalke'' * 2006 ''Die lieben Kleinen'' * 2008 ''Langes Wochenende'' * 2008 ''Zappels Plan'' * 2009 ''Knapp vorbei ist auch daneben'' * 2009 ''Ausverkauf''

Private life

He lives in HerneJan Zweyer at www.herne.de
in the

with his wife and his dog.

References

External links

*
Official Homepage
in: NRW Literatur im Netz {{DEFAULTSORT:Zweyer German crime fiction writers German male short story writers German short story writers 1953 births Living people German male novelists