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Frank Schätzing

Frank Schätzing

German writer

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

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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 the Devil) in 1995, and in 2000 his thriller Lautlos.

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

Works

Novels

  • Death and the Devil (original title: Tod und Teufel, 1995, ISBN 3-442-45531-6) (audiobook: 1999/2003, ISBN 3-89940-742-3)
  • Mordshunger, 1996, ISBN 3-924491-71-2 (audiobook: 2006, ISBN 978-3-89940-993-2)
  • Die dunkle Seite (1997), ISBN 3-924491-85-2
  • Lautlos (2000), ISBN 3-89705-211-3 (audiobook: 2000, ISBN 978-3-86717-831-0)
  • The Swarm (original title: Der Schwarm, 2004, ISBN 3-462-03374-3) (audiobook: 2004, ISBN 3-89940-396-7)
  • Limit (2009), ISBN 978-3-462-03704-3 (audiobook: 2009, ISBN 978-3-86717-532-6)
  • Breaking News (2014) ISBN 978-3-462-04527-7
  • Die Tyrannei des Schmetterlings (2018) ISBN 3462050842 (audiobook: 2018, ISBN 978-3-8445-2978-4)

Short stories

Collections:

  • Keine Angst (1999), ISBN 3-924491-88-7 (audiobook: 2001, ISBN 978-3-8970-5224-6), collection of 13 short stories:
    "Wollust", "Der Puppenspieler", "Keine Angst", "Ein Zeichen der Liebe", "Schulfreundinnen", "Der Teppich", "Dampf", "Bistecca Mafia", "Kricks Bilder", "Stühle, hochgestellt nach Mitternacht", "Ertappt!", "Vrrooomm!", "Moritat"

Non-fiction

As editor

Prizes

Adaptations

  • Die dunkle Seite (2008), TV movie directed by Peter Keglevic, based on novel Die dunkle Seite
  • Mordshunger (2008), TV movie directed by Robert Adrian Pejo, based on novel Mordshunger
  • The Swarm (2023), series directed by Barbara Eder, Luke Watson and Philipp Stölzl, based on novel The Swarm

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