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German author
Mechtild Borrmann Frankfurt Book Fair 2018

Mechtild Borrmann (born 1960 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German writer, author of several detective novels.

Biography

Borrmann trained in therapy through dance and theater, then worked in restoration.

In 2006, she published her first novel, Wenn das Herz im Kopf schlägt) (To Clear the Air), with which she won the 2012 Deutscher Krimi Preis. In 2014, her fifth detective novel was published, Der Geiger (The Violinist), which earned her the 2015 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle.

Publications

Novels
Narratives
  • 2009: Freundschaftspreis. In OWL-kriminell. KBV-Verlag
  • 2009: Seltene Seerose. In Mordswestfalen. Pendragon
  • 2010: Aufnahme. In So wie du mir: 19 Variationen über Die Judenbuche by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Pendragon
  • 2013: Die Spur zurück. Knaur, Münich, ISBN 978-3-426-43111-5 (ebook)

Prizes and distinctions

Prizes

References

  1. Frankfurter Rundschau Rezension vom 16. Februar 2011: „Arglosigkeit der späten Geburt“
  2. Site du Deutscher Krimi Preis
  3. Elle.fr 9 June 2015

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