Horst Bastian was born on December 5, 1939 in Exin, West Prussia, Germany [now Kcynia, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for
Der Kinnhaken (1962),
Die Moral der Banditen (1976) and
Police Call 110 (1971). He was married to
Britta Pelzner. He died on April 14, 1986 in Berlin, Germany.