Zoë Beck
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Zoë Beck

Zoë Beck, born in 1975, completed her education in Germany and England. She is a writer, translator (including works by Sally Rooney and Denise Mina), publisher (CulturBooks), and works in film and television. She lives in Berlin. Zoë Beck belongs among the most important German crime fiction authors and has been awarded numerous prizes such as the Friedrich-Glauser-Preis, the RRadio-Bremen-Krimipreis and the German Crime Fiction Prize, among others.

Zoë Beck, born in 1975, completed her education in Germany and England. She is a writer, translator (including works by Sally Rooney and Denise Mina), publisher (CulturBooks), and works in film and television. She lives in Berlin. Zoë Beck belongs among the most important German crime fiction authors and has been awarded numerous prizes such as the Friedrich-Glauser-Preis, the RRadio-Bremen-Krimipreis and the German Crime Fiction Prize, among others.

Awards (selection)
Kurd Laßwitz Preis 2021 (nomination)
Politikkrimipreis 2021
Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2021 (nomination) for Paradise City
German Crime Fiction Prize 2020 for Paradise City
Goldene Auguste 2018
German Crime Fiction Prize 2016 for Schwarzblende
Radio-Bremen-Krimipreis 2014
Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2010
Kurd Laßwitz Preis 2021 (nomination)
Politikkrimipreis 2021
Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2021 (nomination) for Paradise City
German Crime Fiction Prize 2020 for Paradise City
Goldene Auguste 2018
German Crime Fiction Prize 2016 for Schwarzblende
Radio-Bremen-Krimipreis 2014
Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2010

PUBLICATIONS

Brixton Hill
Year of Publication: 2024
Zoë BeckYear of Publication: 2024
Emma Vine has achieved everything there is to achieve as an event manager in London: she organises the most glamorous parties, represents the biggest stars, and has the most important clients on her books. But when her company in Canary Wharf falls prey to a cyberattack, Emma realises that someone is after her – both on the net and in the real world…

When the air...
Edvard
Year of Publication: 2023
Zoë BeckYear of Publication: 2023

Edvard is going to be fifteen soon and to his annoyance he is not yet the cool guy he would like to be: he has no hair on his chest, his voice is much too high-pitched and Constanze is not the least bit interested in him. To get to her, Edvard creates a fake social media profile pretending to be Jason from Chicago. What sounds like an ingenious plan at first soon begins to snowball...

Memoria
Year of Publication: 2023
Zoë BeckYear of Publication: 2023
A summer in the near future. Harriet is haunted by memories that seem entirely foreign to her. Gradually, more and more fragments appear, and Harriet has to admit to herself that what she had...
Rights sold to:

Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Argon)

 

Paradise City
Year of Publication: 2020
Zoë BeckYear of Publication: 2020

Germany in the near future. The coasts are flooded, large parts of the country are depopulated and nature is reclaiming deserted communities. Berlin is nothing but a backdrop for tourists....

Rights sold to:

Russia (Gorodets), Norway (Olivia Forlag), Finland (Huippu), Latvia (SIA Pētergailis)

Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Argon)

The Supplier
Year of Publication: 2017
Zoë BeckYear of Publication: 2017

London, in the not too distant future: A drug dealer is floating down the Thames – dead. A protection racketeer disappears without a trace. And Ellie Johnson is certain that she is...

Rights sold to:

Arabic World rights (Tanmia)

Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Audible)

Fade to Black
Year of Publication: 2015
Zoë BeckYear of Publication: 2015

In the heart of London, documentary filmmaker Niall witnesses a bestial attack on a young man, committed by jihadists. As he investigates the background of this act for a reportage, he gets caught up in a maelstrom of fear and violence, fuelled by political machinations and the media. He has no idea how much his life is interwoven with the terrorist act until it unravels...