author
Ewald Gerhard Seeliger
1877–1959
A prolific German storyteller with a taste for adventure, humor, and bold ideas, he became best known for the wildly entertaining novel Peter Voss, Thief of Millions. Much of his fiction draws on the world of the sea, travel, and port-city life, giving his work a lively, restless energy.
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Peter Voß, der Millionendieb : Roman
by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger
About the author
Born in 1877 and deceased in 1959, he was a German novelist who wrote extensively and across popular genres. Reliable reference sources describe him as especially associated with novels set at sea or around Hamburg, and they note that he also published under pseudonyms such as Ewger Seeliger.
Before establishing himself as a freelance writer, he worked as a teacher, including periods connected with Silesia, Genoa, and Hamburg. His best-known book is Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1913), a comic crime novel that proved durable enough to be adapted for film multiple times.
His career also included more speculative and satirical work, including the 1910 novel England's Fiend. Taken together, his books suggest a writer drawn to movement, mischief, and big imaginative premises rather than quiet realism.