VJ Books Presents Author Philip Kerr!
Philip Kerr (February 22, 1956 - March 23, 2018) was born in Edinburgh and read Law at university. He stayed on as postgraduate and read Law and Philosophy, most of this German, which was when and where he first became interested in German twentieth century history and, in particular, the Nazis.
Following university he worked as a copywriter at a number of advertising agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, during which time he wrote no advertising slogans of any note. He spent most of his time in advertising researching an idea he'd had for a novel about a Berlin-based policeman, in 1936. And following several trips to Germany - and a great deal of walking around mean streets of Berlin - his first novel, March Violets, was published in 1989 and introduced the world to Bernie Gunther.
Having left advertising behind, Kerr worked for the London Evening Standard and produced two more novels featuring Bernie Gunther: The Pale Criminal (1990) and A German Requiem (1991). These were published as an omnibus edition, Berlin Noir in 1992. Thinking he might like to write something else he did and published a host of other novels before returning to Bernie Gunther after a gap of sixteen years, with The One from the Other (2007). You can find Philip Kerr signed books below this author bio.
Kerr is also the author of the Children of the Lamp Series for children (as P.B.Kerr).
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Philip Kerr Bibliography
Bernie Gunther Series
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March Violets - 1989
- The Pale Criminal - 1990
- A German Requiem - 1991
- The One from the Other - 2006
- A Quiet Flame - 2008
- If the Dead Rise Not - 2009
- Field Gray - 2010
- Prague Fatale - 2011
- A Man Without Breath - 2013
- The Lady from Zagreb - 2015
- The Other Side of Silence - 2016
- Metropolis - April 2019
Bernie Gunther Collections
- Berlin Noir - 1993 (includes March Violets, The Pale Criminal, and A German Requiem)
Scott Manson Thrillers
- January Window - UK 2014
- Hand of God - UK 2015
Stand Alone Novels
- A Philosophical Investigation - 1992
- Dead Meat - 1993
- Gridiron - 1995
- Esau - 1996
- A Five Year Plan - 1997
- The Second Angel - 1998
- The Shot - 1999
- Dark Matter - 2002
- Hitler's Peace - 2005
- Prayer - 2014
Children of the Lamp
- The Atkhenaten Adventure - 2004
- The Blue Djinn of Babylon - 2005
- The Cobra King of Kathmandu - 2006
- The Day of the Djinn Warriors - 2007
- The Eye of the Forest - 2009
- The Five Fakirs of Faizabad - 2010
- The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan - 2011
Stand Alone Children's Fiction
- One Small Step - 2008
- The Winter Horses - 2014
Philip Kerr Awards
- 1993 - Kerr was named in Granta's list of Best Young British Novelists
- 2009 - If the Dead Rise Not won the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing
- 2009 - If the Dead Rise Not won the British Crime Writers' Association's Ellis Peters Historic Crime Award
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