Monika Dettwiler (born 17 April 1948) is a Swiss-Italian journalist and author.
Life
Monika Dettwiler was born in
Zürich, 17 April 1948. She has a doctorate in history and studied history, art history and archeology in
Rome, where she initially worked as a journalist and organizer of cultural tours. Her first novel, "Berner Lauffeuer", was published in 1998 and was on the bestseller list of the "Schweizer Buchhändler- und Verleger-Verband" (Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association) for five months. In 1999, Dettwiler returned to Switzerland. She worked as a journalist at the Reformierte Presse from the year 2000 and was co-editor-in-chief from 2007 until her retirement in 2013.[1]
Im Morgenrot. Die besten Kriminalgeschichten aus der Schweiz. Scherz, Bern 2001,
ISBN3-502-51801-7.
Aroser Urne für Trinidad. In: Paul Ott (Hrsg.): Tatort Schweiz. 18 kriminelle Geschichten. Limmat, Zürich 2005,
ISBN3-85791-477-7, S. 9–24.
Seegrund. In: Paul Ott (Hrsg.): Tatort Schweiz 2. 23 kriminelle Geschichten aus der viersprachigen Schweiz. Limmat, Zürich 2007,
ISBN978-3-85791-539-0.
Die Radikalen sind eine höllische Drachenbrut. in: Paul Ott, Fritz von Gunten (Hrsg.): Gotthelf lesen – auf dem Weg zum Original. hep Verlag ag, Bern 2004,
ISBN3-03905-079-6.[4]