Author: Frank Schätzing

Frank Schätzing, born in 1957 in Cologne, published the historical novel "Death and Devil" in 1995, which initially became a regional bestseller and later achieved nationwide success. After two more novels, a collection of stories, and the thriller "Silent," "The Swarm" was released in spring 2004, which has since sold a total of 4.5 million copies and has been translated into 27 languages worldwide. This was followed by the bestsellers "Limit" (2009), "Breaking News" (2014), and "The Tyranny of the Butterfly" (2018). Schätzing has also made a name for himself as a non-fiction author. In 2006, Bild der Wissenschaft awarded his evolutionary history "Messages from an Unknown Universe" as the best science book. In 2021, he made it back onto the non-fiction bestseller list with "What if We Just Save the World?" In 2024, his new novel "Heroes" will be released, which is a brilliant continuation of the global bestseller "Death and Devil." Frank Schätzing lives and works in Cologne.

Awards:

• 2002 Cologne Literature Prize
• 2004 Corine in the fiction category
• 2005 Kurd-Lasswitz Prize for "The Swarm" as the best science fiction novel of the year
• German Science Fiction Prize for "The Swarm"
• Golden Feather for "The Swarm"
• German Crime Prize for "The Swarm"
• 2006 Dr. Kurt Neven DuMont Medal from the West German Academy for Communication
• 2007 "Stein im Brett" Award from the Professional Association of German Geoscientists e.V. (BDG)
• Premio Bancarella
• 2009 Elisabeth Mann Borgese Sea Prize
• 2011 German Sea Prize
• 2021 Bavarian Book Prize: Honorary Award from the Bavarian Prime Minister.