Biography

  born 28 May 1957 in Cologne                                                  
© Foto Paul Schmitz, Cologne, Germany

studied communication science 
creative director with international agency "Networks"
co-founder and managing director of advertising agency "INTEVI"
co-founder of music company "Sounds Fiction"
2002   Cologne Literature Prize  
2004 

Corine-Award for fiction  

2005   Media Award "Goldene Feder", Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize, German Science Fiction Award and German Crime Award for "Der Schwarm" (The Swarm)
2006 

Dr. Kurt Neven DuMont Medal 

2007 

"Stein im Brett"-Prize of the Association of German Geo Sciences  

lives in Cologne 

Last update June 2011
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