Frank Schätzing

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Frank Schätzing
Born	(1957-05-28) May 28, 1957 (age 64) Cologne, West Germany
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Science fiction, Horror, Thriller
Website
www.frank-schaetzing.com

Frank Schätzing (listen (help·info); born May 28, 1957), is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel The Swarm (2004).

Life[]

Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, an advertising agency named INTEVI, in Cologne. Schätzing became a writer in 1990, and penned several novellas and satires. His first published novel was the historical Tod und Teufel (Death and Devil) in 1995, and in 2000 his thriller .

Schätzing achieved his greatest success in 2004 with the science fiction thriller The Swarm.

Works[]

Books[]

• Death and Devil (original title: Tod und Teufel, 1995, ISBN 3-442-45531-6)
• Mordshunger, 1996, ISBN 3-924491-71-2, (German screen adaptation: Mordshunger)
• (1997), ISBN 3-924491-85-2
• (1999), ISBN 3-924491-88-7
• (2000), ISBN 3-89705-211-3
• The Swarm (original title: Der Schwarm, 2004, ISBN 3-462-03374-3)
• (2006), ISBN 3-462-03690-4
• Die tollkühnen Abenteuer der Ducks auf hoher See (ed.) (2006), ISBN 3-936384-24-X
• [Limit] (2009), ISBN 978-3-462-03704-3
• Breaking News (2014) ISBN 978-3-462-04527-7
• Die Tyrannei des Schmetterlings (2018) ISBN 3462050842

Audiobooks[]

• Tod und Teufel (1999/2003)
• Keine Angst (2001)
• Der Schwarm (2004)
• Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006)

Prizes[]

• 2005 (Der Schwarm)
• 2005 Deutscher Science Fiction Preis (Der Schwarm)
• 2005 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Der Schwarm)
• 2004 "Corine" (in the category belletristic literature)

External links[]

• Frank Schätzing in the German National Library catalogue
• Biography (in German)
• Frank Schätzing at IMDb
• Frank Schätzing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Reviews of Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum, Der Schwarm, Lautlos, Die dunkle Seite, Tod und Teufel (in German)
• Review of Der Schwarm audiobook (in German)
• Biography at Buchtips.net (in German)
• Uma Thurman buys rights to 'The Swarm'
• The Swarm at IMDb
• Frank Schätzing in NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)