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Frank Schätzing

Born	May 28, 1957 (1957-05-28) (age 52) Cologne, Germany
Occupation	Novelist
Genres	Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller

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

1 Life
2 Works
- 2.1 Books
- 2.2 Audiobooks
3 Prizes
4 External links

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 in 1995, and in 2000 his thriller Lautlos.

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

Works

Books

Tod und Teufel (1995), ISBN 3442455316
Mordshunger (1996), ISBN 3924491712
Die dunkle Seite (1997), ISBN 3924491852
Keine Angst (1999), ISBN 3924491887
Lautlos (2000), ISBN 3897052113
Der Schwarm (2004), ISBN 3462033743
Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006), ISBN 3462036904
Die tollkühnen Abenteuer der Ducks auf hoher See (ed.) (2006), ISBN 393638424X
Limit (2009), ISBN 978-3462037043

Audiobooks

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

Prizes

2005 Goldene Feder (Der Schwarm)
2004 Corine

External links

Frank Schätzing in the German National Library catalogue (German)
Biography(German)
Reviews of Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum, Der Schwarm, Lautlos, Die dunkle Seite, Tod und Teufel (German)
Review of Der Schwarm audiobook (German)
Biography at Buchtips.net (German)
Der Schwarm official website
Uma Thurman buys rights to 'The Swarm'
'The Swarm' at IMDb (restricted access)

Bancarella Prize winners

Ernest Hemingway (1953) · Giovannino Guareschi (1954) · Hervé Le Boterf (1955) · Hanh Suyn (1956) · Werner Keller (1957) · Boris Pasternak (1958) · Heinrich Gerlac (1959) · Bonaventura Tecchi (1960) · André Schwarz Bart (1961) · Cornelius Ryan (1962) · Caccia Dominioni (1963) · Giulio Bedeschi (1964) · Luigi Preti (1965) · Vincenzo Pappalettera (1966) · Indro Montanelli (1967) · Isaac Bashevis Singer (1968) · Peter Colosimo (1969) · Oriana Fallaci (1970) · Enzo Biagi (1971) · Alberto Bevilacqua (1972) · Roberto Gervaso (1973) · Giuseppe Berto (1974) · Susanna Agnelli (1975) · Carlo Cassola (1976) · Giorgio Saviane (1977) · Alex Haley (1978) · Massimo Grillandi (1979) · Maurice Denuziere (1980) · Sergio Zavoli (1981) · Gary Jennings (1982) · Renato Barneschi (1983) · Luciano De Crescenzo (1984) · Giulio Andreotti (1985) · Pasquale Festa Campanile (1986) · Enzo Biagi (1987) · Cesare Marchi (1988) · Umberto Eco (1989) · Vittorio Sgarbi (1990) · Antonio Spinosa (1991) · Alberto Bevilacqua (1992) · Carmen Covito (1993) · John Grisham (1994) · Jostein Gaarder (1995) · Stefano Zecchi (1996) · Giampaolo Pansa (1997) · Paco Ignacio Taibo (1998) · Ken Follett (1999) · Michael Connelly (2000) · Andrea Camilleri (2001) · Federico Audisio (2002) · Alessandra Appiano (2003) · Bruno Vespa (2004) · Gianrico Carofiglio (2005) · Andrea Vitali (2006) · Frank Schätzing (2007) · Valerio Massimo Manfredi (2008)

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