Frank Schätzing Explained

Frank Schätzing
Birth Date:	28 May 1957
Birth Place:	Cologne, West Germany
Occupation:	Novelist
Genre:	Science fiction, Horror, Thriller

Frank Schätzing (; born 28 May 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.^[1] Schätzing started writing in the 1980s, but his early works were not published.^[2] 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. He has been critical of the television adaptation of the book.^[3]

Works

Novels

• Death and the Devil (original title: Tod und Teufel, 1995,) (audiobook: 1999/2003,)
• Mordshunger, 1996, (audiobook: 2006,)
• Die dunkle Seite (1997),
• Lautlos (2000), (audiobook: 2000,)
• The Swarm (original title: Der Schwarm, 2004,) (audiobook: 2004,)
• Limit (2009), (audiobook: 2009,)
• Breaking News (2014)
• Die Tyrannei des Schmetterlings (2018) (audiobook: 2018,)

Short stories

Collections:

• Keine Angst (1999), (audiobook: 2001,), 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

• Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006), (audiobook: 2006,), science
• Was, wenn wir einfach die Welt retten?: Handeln in der Klimakrise (2021), (audiobook: 2021,), science

As editor

• Die tollkühnen Abenteuer der Ducks auf hoher See (2006), author Carl Barks,

Prizes

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

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

External links

• • Biography
    • Reviews of Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum, Der Schwarm, Lautlos, Die dunkle Seite, Tod und Teufel
• Review of Der Schwarm audiobook
• Biography at Buchtips.net
• Uma Thurman buys rights to 'The Swarm'

Notes and References

1. News: Schätzing ist der Mann für alle Fälle . 15 June 2024 . Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . 6 November 2006.
2. News: Fasel . Andreas . "Ich bin eher der Opulente" . 15 June 2024 . De Welt . 14 March 2004.
3. News: Frank Schätzing rechnet mit »Der Schwarm«-Verfilmung ab . 15 June 2024 . De Speigel . 15 February 2023.