Frank Schätzing

Frank Schätzing, born in 1957, published his first novel "Death and the Devil" in 1995. After three more novels and a volume of short stories, he released the international bestseller "The Swarm" in 2004 (translated by Stefanos Tzannetatos, Kastaniotis Editions 2007). "Limit" was published in Germany at the end of 2009 and also achieved great success. Frank Schätzing lives and works as an advertiser in Cologne. In 2002, he won the Cologne Literature Prize, in 2004 the Corine Award, and in 2005 the German Science Fiction Award. His books, which have been translated into more than 27 languages, have sold a total of 10 million copies. "News from an Unknown Universe" was awarded by the magazine Bild der Wissenschaft as the best science book of the year 2006 in the "Entertainment" category.