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Auguste Groner
1850–1929
Austrian mystery writer and former schoolteacher Auguste Groner helped shape early detective fiction in German, creating the recurring investigator Joseph Müller. She also wrote under several pseudonyms, and her stories found readers well beyond Vienna.
5 Audiobooks
The Case of the Registered Letter
by Auguste Groner
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
by Auguste Groner
The Case of the Golden Bullet
by Auguste Groner
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out
by Auguste Groner
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study
by Auguste Groner
About the author
Born in Vienna on April 16, 1850, Auguste Groner was an Austrian writer remembered especially for her detective fiction. She was born Auguste Kopallik and later became known internationally for crime stories featuring the investigator Joseph Müller, a recurring detective who appeared before the genre had fully settled into its modern form.
Before focusing on writing, she worked as a primary-school teacher from 1876 to 1905. Alongside detective stories, she published under several pseudonyms, including Olaf Björnson, A. of the Paura, Renorga, and Metis, showing how wide-ranging her literary work was.
Groner died in Vienna on March 7, 1929. Today she is often appreciated as one of the notable early women writers of crime fiction in the German-speaking world, with a reputation that has lasted thanks to the quiet intelligence and suspense of her stories.