Petra Hammesfahr
{{Short description|German crime writer (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Petra Hammesfahr
| image = Petra hammesfahr.jpg
| caption = Hammesfahr in 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|05|10}}
| birth_place = Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| nationality = German
}}
Petra Hammesfahr ({{IPA|de|ˈpeːtʁa ˈhaməsˌfaːɐ̯}}; born 10 May 1951) is a German crime writer. She has won several awards, including the Crime Prize of Wiesbaden and the Rhineland Literary Prize.{{cite web |url=http://www.stephen-king.de/interviews/hammesfahr/interview.htm |author=Klaus Spangenmacher |title=Interview mit Petra Hammesfahr |language=German |publisher=Stephen-king.de |accessdate=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420132156/http://www.stephen-king.de/interviews/hammesfahr/interview.htm |archive-date=20 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url= http://www.bitterlemonpress.com/authors/petra-hammesfahr.asp |title=Petra Hammesfahr |work=bitterlemonpress.com |accessdate=14 April 2010}}
Hammesfahr was born in Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia.{{cite web |title=Petra Hammesfahr - Autoren - NRW Literatur im Netz |url=http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/85-hammesfahr-petra.html |website=www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de |accessdate=24 February 2019 |language=de}} Her first novel was published in 1991, followed by more than a dozen more and significant popular success by the middle of that decade.
She published over 40 novels in German. Her novel The Sinner was published in English by Bitter Lemon Press in 2007 and again in 2017 in the United States by Penguin Books, translated from the original by John Brownjohn.{{Cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565944/the-sinner-by-petra-hammesfahr-translated-by-john-brownjohn/|title=The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr|website=PenguinRandomHouse.com|accessdate=2019-02-25}}"[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-904738-25-1 The Sinner/Petra Hammesfahr]". Publishers Weekly. 24 December 2007. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn; release date (U.S.): 1 February 2008. Retrieved 2017-08-02.{{cite web|url=https://www.bitterlemonpress.com/products/the-sinner |title=Petra Hammesfahr: The Sinner |publisher=Bitter Lemon Press. bitterlemonpress.com |accessdate=2017-08-02}} The Sinner has been adapted for television by USA Network as an eight-episode limited series starring Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman, and premiered on 2 August 2017. Despite initially being a limited series, the show would be renewed for three more seasons, finally ending on December 1, 2021.
A second translated novel, The Lie, was published by Bitter Lemon Press in 2010."[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-904738-42-8 The Lie/Petra Hammesfahr]". Publishers Weekly. 22 March 2010. Translated from the German by Mike Mitchell; release date (U.S.): 1 April 2010. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
Works
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | author2=Diana HC | title=Nach dem Feuer : Roman | publication-place=München | date=2020 | isbn=978-3-453-29243-7 | oclc=1197716443 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | author2=Diana HC | title=Das Mädchen Jannie Roman | publication-place=München | date=2019 | isbn=978-3-453-29238-3 | oclc=1121483665 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Das Geheimnis der Puppe Roman | publication-place=München | date=2014 | isbn=978-3-7844-6048-2 | oclc=884571998 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | author2=Diana HC | title=Als Luca verschwand Roman | publication-place=München | date=2018 | isbn=978-3-453-29209-3 | oclc=1013471512 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Die Freundin : Erzählungen | publisher=Wunderlich | publication-place=Reinbel bei Hamburg | date=2004 | isbn=3-8052-0726-3 | oclc=56568077 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Der Frauenjäger Roman | publication-place=Reinbek bei Hamburg | date=2011 | isbn=978-3-8052-5014-6 | oclc=711810714 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | author2=Diana HC | title=Fremdes Leben Roman | publication-place=München | date=2016 | isbn=978-3-453-35893-5 | oclc=932020924 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Am Anfang sind sie noch Kinder Roman | publication-place=Reinbek bei Hamburg | date=2006 | isbn=3-8052-0818-9 | oclc=181495251 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Zum Sterben schön die spannendsten Weihnachtskrimis | publication-place=[Reinbek bei Hamburg] | date=2007 | isbn=978-3-8052-0847-5 | oclc=188153292 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Der stille Herr Genardy Psychothriller | publication-place=Bergisch Gladbach | date=2000 | isbn=978-3-7857-2023-3 | oclc=76199513 | language=da}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Die Mutter : Roman | publisher=Wunderlich | publication-place=Reinbeck bei Hamburg | date=2000 | isbn=3-8052-0673-9 | oclc=45218262 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Erinnerung an einen Mörder Roman | publication-place=[Reinbek bei Hamburg] | date=2008 | isbn=978-3-8052-0860-4 | oclc=244078823 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Die Sünderin Roman | publication-place=[Reinbek bei Hamburg] | date=1999 | isbn=978-3-8052-0632-7 | oclc=247260947 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Die Schuldlosen Roman | publication-place=Reinbek bei Hamburg | date=2012 | isbn=978-3-8052-5039-9 | oclc=794504782 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Das letzte Opfer : Roman | publisher=Wunderlich | publication-place=Reinbek bei Hamburg | date=2002 | isbn=3-8052-0700-X | oclc=50908923 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=An einem Tag im November Roman | publication-place=München | date=2014 | isbn=978-3-453-29155-3 | oclc=890025286 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Der gläserne Himmel Roman | publication-place=Bergisch Gladbach | date=1995 | isbn=978-3-7857-0763-0 | oclc=611944060 | language=da}}
- {{cite book | last=Hammesfahr | first=Petra | title=Der Schatten : Roman | publisher=Wunderlich | publication-place=[Reinbek bei Hamburg] | date=2005 | isbn=3-8052-0803-0 | oclc=65211071 | language=de}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/85-hammesfahr-petra.html Petra Hammesfahr bio] – NRW Literatur im Netz {{in lang|de}}
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