Veit Etzold

Veit Etzold is a German author who became famous for his first fictional bestseller Final Cut in 2012 and following books such as Der Totenzeichner in 2015 or Dark Web in 2017.^[1][2] He is married to Saskia Etzold, a well-known forensic doctor at the Berliner Charité.^[3][4]

Etzold is also a university professor for marketing and corporate storytelling^[5] and in this role a commentator on developments in business and politics.^[6][7][8][9] He wrote several non-fictional books about strategy and storytelling such as Der weiße Hai im Weltraum in 2013^[10][11] and Strategie: Planen–Erklären–Umsetzen in 2018.^[12][13] As a guest author for Germany's largest tabloid Bild, he formulated seven golden strategy rules when "Strategie" was published.^[14]

His fictional books are thrillers and the main protagonist is the fictional Berlin investigator Clara Vidalis, who is a chief inspector in the pathopsychology department at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office.

• Final Cut: Thriller. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2012, ISBN 978-3-404-16687-9.
• Seelenangst: Thriller. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2013, ISBN 978-3-404-16844-6.
• Todeswächter: Thriller. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2014, ISBN 978-3-404-16991-7.
• Der Totenzeichner: Thriller. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2015, ISBN 978-3-404-17229-0.
• Skin: Thriller. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2016, ISBN 978-3-404-17375-4.^[15]
• Dark Web: Thriller. Droemer, München 2017, ISBN 978-3426305508.^[16]
• Schmerzmacher: Ein Clara-Vidalis-Thriller. Knaur TB, München 2018, ISBN 978-3-426-52112-0
• Staatsfeind: Droemer TB, München 2019, ISBN 978-3-426-30668-0.^[17]
• Final Control: Droemer TB, München 2020, ISBN 978-3-426-30709-0.^[18]
• Höllenkind: Knaur TB, München 2021, ISBN 978-3-426-52409-1.
• Die Filiale: Thriller. Droemer, München 2022, ISBN 978-3-426-30710-6.
• Die Zentrale: Allein gegen das System. Droemer, München 2023, ISBN 978-3-426-30927-8.
• Der Konzern: Allein gegen die Macht. Droemer, München 2023, ISBN 978-3-426-30934-6.
• Final Blood: Knaur TB, München 2024, ISBN 978-3-426-30935-3.