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. Schätzing started writing in the 1980s, but his early works were not published. 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.
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
References
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' Frank Schätzing in NRW Literatur im Netz