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Joachim B. Schmidt
Joachim B. Schmidt, born in 1981, grew up in the Swiss canton of Grisons before emigrating to Iceland in 2007. His novels Tell and Kalmann were bestsellers, with Kalmann receiving the ›Crime Cologne Award‹ and placing third for the ›Swiss Crime Fiction Prize‹. Tell was number one on the Swiss bestseller list. Joachim B. Schmidt, who has dual citizenship, lives with his wife and their two children in Reykjavík.
- ›Bündner Literaturpreis‹ für Tell, 2023
- Tell ist SBVV-›Lieblingsbuch 2022‹ des Deutschschweizer Buchhandels, 2022
- Kalmann auf dem 3. Platz des zum ersten Mal verliehenen ›Schweizer Krimipreises‹, 2021
- ›Crime Cologne Award‹ für Kalmann, 2021
»An incredibly vivid sense of place, and a gifted storyteller.«
»Schmidt reveals himself to be an incredibly empathetic and skilled narrator with a strong sense for light humour.«
»An incredibly vivid sense of place, and a gifted storyteller.«
»Schmidt reveals himself to be an incredibly empathetic and skilled narrator with a strong sense for light humour.«