Tommie Goerz ✝
Tommie Goerz (Dr. Marius Kliesch, born 1954 in Erlangen) studied sociology, philosophy and political science. He worked as a scientist, advertiser and lecturer and wong among other prizes a Bronze Lion in Cannes in 2007. From 2009 onwards he published ten novels about the original Franconian detective Friedo Behütuns. His book Tante Emma lebt was named Germany's most beautiful regional book and won silver for Germany's most beautiful photo book (2021), his crime thriller Meier received the Glauser Prize in 2021 and Frenzel the Crime Cologne Award in 2022. His highly acclaimed first novel Im Tal was published in 2023 and followed by Im Schnee
in 2025. He died on March 14th 2026 in Erlangen.