Jan Zweyer

Jan Zweyer (born 12 December 1953 in Frankfurt (Main))[1]) is a German writer. Jan Zweyer is only his pen name. His real name is Rüdiger Richartz.[1]

Career

He first graduated in architecture and then in social sciences [1] and worked as scientific clerk. After that he worked as a freelance journalist.[1][2] He has been working for an international industrial company for several years and only writes in his leisure.[1] Zweyer writes detective stories which deal in the Ruhr and are very popular in Northrhine-Westphalia because of its naturalistic descriptions.[3]

Novels

Short stories

Private life

He lives in Herne [4] in the Ruhr [1] with his wife and his dog.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cholfirst-Krimi: Mord nicht ausgeschlossen (Cholfirst criminal story: Murder not excluded (German)
  2. 1 2 Kettwiger Weinkeller FlyerKriminacht (Kettwiger Weinkeller criminal story night) (German)
  3. deutschsprachige Krimiautoren Zweyer, Jan (German Speaking detective story authors) (German)
  4. 1 2 Jan Zweyer at www.herne.de (German)
  5. Jan Zweyer, Persilschein

External links

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