Klaus Maria Dechant

Klaus Maria Dechant, born in Mannheim, is a trained journalist and business administrator. After completing a traineeship at the Schwetzinger Zeitung and the Mannheimer Morgen, he worked from 1992 as an editor in Goslar and subsequently, until 2002, as a reporter and presenter at Süddeutscher Rundfunk, later SWR. He then worked as a journalism coach and as a PR and marketing consultant. Dechant has published several crime novels, including Mordslust, Mordseier and Anleger 511, as well as contributions to nonfiction and anthology volumes. Since 2023, he has also published crime fiction under the open pseudonym Til Petersen. He has additionally worked as a publisher, audiobook producer and narrator.