Ben Aaronovitch

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Ben Aaronovitch (2014)

Ben Aaronovitch (* 1964 in London ) is a British writer and screenwriter in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. He is best known as the author of the novel series The Rivers of London .

Life

Ben Aaronovitch is the son of the British economist and political activist Sam Aaronovitch (December 26, 1919 to May 30, 1998, of Lithuanian Jewish descent) and his third wife Lavender Aaronovitch; his brothers are the actor Owen Aaronovitch and the journalist David Aaronovitch . Aaronovitch lives in Wimbledon and runs a bookstore in London.

In 1988 and 1989, Aaronovitch wrote two stories for the British television series Doctor Who , each of which was broadcast in four episodes. From this and in the wider context of the Doctor Who world, five novels by Aaronovitch emerged. For the books, he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart , who has never appeared in the original series, but has appeared in several offshoots. He wrote other scripts for the series Jupiter Moon , Casualty and Dark Knight . He is best known in German-speaking countries for his urban fantasy novel series The Rivers of London about the police officer and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant . This is so successful that the first nine volumes were sold more than a million times in Germany between 2012 and 2019.

bibliography

Doctor Who

Target novels:

  • 148 Remembrance of the Daleks (1990)
    • English: The Hand of Omega. Translated by Axel Merz. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy # 20881, 2017, ISBN 978-3-404-20881-4 .

New Adventures:

  • 10 Transit (1992)
  • 44 The Also People (1995)
  • 56 So Vile a Sin (1997, with Kate Orman)

Professor Bernice Summerfield:

  • 15 Genius Loci (2006)
  • The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam (2007, short story in: Rebecca Levene (Ed.): Missing Adventures )
The Rivers of London
  • 1 Rivers of London (2011; also: Midnight Riot )
  • 2 Moon Over Soho (2011)
  • 3 Whispers Under Ground (2012)
    • English: A whisper under Baker Street. Translated by Christine Blum. dtv # 21448, 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-21448-3 .
  • 4 Broken Homes (2013)
  • 5 Foxglove Summer (2014)
  • 6 The Hanging Tree (2016)
  • 7 Lies Sleeping (2018)
  • 8 False Value (2020)
  • The Home Crowd Advantage (2012, short story in: Rivers of London )
  • The PC Grant Novels (2013, collective edition of 1,2,3)
  • The Loneliness of the Long-Distant Granny (2015, short story in: Foxglove Summer )
  • The Furthest Station (2017, short novel)
    • English: Ghosts on the Metropolitan Line. Translated by Christine Blum. dtv # 21733, 2018, ISBN 978-3-423-21733-0 .
  • The October Man (2019, short novel)
Short stories
  • Walking Backwards for Christmas (2006, in: Simon Guerrier (Ed.): Something Changed )
  • Gone Fishing (2006, in: Simon Guerrier (Ed.): Short Trips: Time Signature )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Aaronovitch. In: The Herald . June 9, 1998, accessed January 8, 2018 . (English)
  2. ↑ Rachel Cooke: David Aaronovitch: Me, Mum, Dad ... and Stalin. In: .theguardian.com. January 10, 2016, accessed January 8, 2018 . (English)
  3. ↑ Carolin Albrand: "Rivers of London: The Peter Grant Series". In: kultur.ARD.de. December 22, 2016, accessed January 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Ben Aaronovitch on Instagram: “#onemillioncopiessold @boersenblatt Thank you to all my German readers!” Retrieved on October 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Aaronovitch, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British novelist and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH London