Frank Schätzing

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

Frank Schätzing
Born (1957-05-28) May 28, 1957
Cologne, West Germany
OccupationNovelist
GenreScience Fiction, Horror, Thriller
Website
www.frank-schaetzing.com

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 Lautlos.

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)
  • Die dunkle Seite (1997), ISBN 3-924491-85-2
  • Keine Angst (1999), ISBN 3-924491-88-7
  • Lautlos (2000), ISBN 3-89705-211-3
  • The Swarm (original title: Der Schwarm, 2004, ISBN 3-462-03374-3)
  • Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (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
gollark: I mean, not exactly this, this is probably stupid and won't do much.
gollark: I do worry about the future of privacy given this sort of thing.
gollark: People would distrust most things if they mysteriously appeared out of nowhere/came from aliens.
gollark: * it is an eye, and also the eye of the person who claims to have it
gollark: As well as the various other problems, I don't understand how they can actually use this sort of thing to prevent Sybil attack issues without a central authority saying "yes, this is an eye".
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