Jan Zweyer

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

Career

He first graduated in architecture and then in social sciences and worked as scientific clerk. After that he worked as a freelance journalist. 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 and are very popular in Northrhine-Westphalia because of its naturalistic descriptions.

Novels

Short stories

Private life

He lives in Herne in the Ruhr with his wife and his dog.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cholfirst-Krimi: Mord nicht ausgeschlossen (Cholfirst criminal story: Murder not excluded Archived 2018-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  2. 1 2 Kettwiger Weinkeller FlyerKriminacht (Kettwiger Weinkeller criminal story night) Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  3. ↑ deutschsprachige Krimiautoren Zweyer, Jan (German Speaking detective story authors) (in German)
  4. 1 2 Jan Zweyer at www.herne.de Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  5. ↑ "Jan Zweyer, Persilschein". Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-14.