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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cholfirst-Krimi: Mord nicht ausgeschlossen (Cholfirst criminal story: Murder not excluded (German)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kettwiger Weinkeller FlyerKriminacht (Kettwiger Weinkeller criminal story night) (German)
  3. deutschsprachige Krimiautoren Zweyer, Jan (German Speaking detective story authors) (German)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jan Zweyer at www.herne.de (German)
  5. Jan Zweyer, Persilschein

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