Michael Theurillat (born 1961) is a Swiss writer of crime fiction.
Born in Basel, he studied business administration, art history and history.[1] In 2000, he quit his job as an executive with the Swiss bank UBS to be able to write full-time.[2]
Theurillat's novels follow the investigations of Kommissar Eschenbach, an investigator with the Zurich police. They have been commercially successful; his third novel, Sechseläuten, was at the head of Swiss bestseller lists following its publication. The Basler Zeitung called him one of Switzerland's most successful crime writers.[2]
In 2011, Der Bund reported that Theurillat had reused, without attribution, text from the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia in his novel Rütlischwur.[3]
Works edit
- Im Sommer sterben (2006), ISBN 978-3-546-00374-2
- Eistod (2008), ISBN 978-3-546-00420-6
- Sechseläuten (2009), ISBN 978-3-550-08750-9
- Rütlischwur (2011), ISBN 978-3-550-08840-7
References edit
- ^ "Erstlingsroman im Lesezirkel". St. Galler Tagblatt. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ a b Bröhm, Alexandra (2 June 2009). ""Dass sich Sepp Blatter nicht meldet, zeugt von Grösse"". Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Zweifel, Philippe (8 December 2011). "Die Wörterdiebe". Der Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2011.