Bernd Perplies
Bernd Perplies (born February 28, 1977 in Wiesbaden ) is a German writer , translator and journalist .
Life
Bernd Perplies studied film studies , German , book studies and psychology in Mainz . He was then employed by the German Film Institute in Frankfurt am Main , for which he was editor of filmportal.de between 2004 and 2009 . In addition, he works u. a. as editor for Space View magazine and as translator for Heel Verlag , Pegasus Spiele and Cross Cult . His debut novel Tarean - Son of the Fluchbringers was published in 2008. The novel reached 3rd place at the “German Fantasy Prize” 2009 in the category “Best German-language debut novel”. His opening novel of the Magierdämmerung trilogy ( For the Crown ) took 2nd place at the RPC Fantasy Award in the "Literature & Comics" category at the 2011 Role Play Convention . For the short story Der Automat , Perplies was awarded the “German Fantastic Prize” for the best short story at the Book Fair Convent 2013. Two years later he received the award in the category "Best German-language novel" for the novel Imperium der Drachen - The Blood of the Black Lion .
At the Perry Rhodan World Con 2011, Bernd Perplies found out about the new Perry Rhodan series Perry Rhodan NEO and applied for a job . His first novel in the series was published in April 2012. Since then he has occasionally been a guest writer for this franchise .
In the summer of 2016, Perplies published the Star Trek - Prometheus trilogy of novels , the first officially licensed Star Trek novels by German authors, together with his long-time colleague Christian Humberg .
Bernd Perplies is a member of the Fantastic Author Network (PAN). He lives with his family near Stuttgart.
bibliography
As Bernd Perplies
- Tarean trilogy
- Son of the Curseer (August 2008, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8180-9 / as a 10-year anniversary edition: October 2018, Mantikore-Verlag , ISBN 978-3-96188-066-9 )
- Heritage of the Crystal Dragons (April 2009, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8184-7 ) / as a 10-year anniversary edition: April 2019, Mantikore-Verlag , ISBN 978-3961880-67-6 )
- Knight of the First Light (November 2009, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8246-2 )
- Magician's Dawn trilogy
- For the crown (September 2010, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8264-6 )
- Against Time (February 2011, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8265-3 )
- Into the Abyss (September 2011, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8266-0 )
- Carya trilogy
- Flames over Arcadion (September 2012, Egmont LYX , ISBN 978-3-8025-8637-8 )
- In the shadow of the moon emperor (March 2013, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8638-5 )
- The Robbed Paradise (September 2013, Egmont LYX, ISBN 978-3-8025-8639-2 )
- Empire of the Dragons series
- The Blood of the Black Lion (November 2014, Egmont INK, ISBN 978-3-86396-070-4 )
- Fight for Aidranon (July 2015, Egmont INK, ISBN 978-3-86396-071-1 )
- Star Trek Prometheus trilogy
(written together with Christian Humberg )
- Fire Against Fire (July 2016, Cross Cult , ISBN 978-3-86425-851-0 )
- The Origin of All Wrath (August 2016, Cross Cult, ISBN 978-3-86425-852-7 )
- Into the Heart of Chaos (September 2016, Cross Cult, ISBN 978-3-86425-853-4 )
- Sea of clouds series
- The dragon hunter. The first journey into the sea of clouds (July 2017, FISCHER Tor / S. Fischer Verlag , ISBN 978-3-596-29671-2 )
- The world finder. The second journey into the sea of clouds (May 2018, FISCHER Tor / S. Fischer Verlag , ISBN 978-3-596-70116-2 )
- Individual works
- The Witcher of Salem 2: The creeping horror (October 2008, Pegasus Press, ISBN 978-3-939794-74-5 ) (Adventure game book against the background of the Witcher Universe by Wolfgang Hohlbein , written together with Christian Humberg)
- BattleTech # 28: The Cannons of Thunder Rock (August 2015, Ulisses Spiele, ISBN 978-3-95752-084-5 ) (novel against the backdrop of the BattleTech universe
- At the abyss of infinity (October 2019, Bastei Lübbe, ISBN 978-3-404-20875-3 )
- Short stories
- The gloomy fate of Susanna Le Fanu , in: Dark History , Romantic Rest (March 2012, ISBN 978-3-940812-99-5 )
- Der Automat , in: Alisha Bionda (Ed.): Steampunk - Memories of Tomorrow , Fabylon (July 2012, ISBN 978-3-927071-69-8 )
- Ein Heldenproblem , in: TS Orgel, AS Bottlinger, SA Cernohuby (Ed.): The auxiliaries - The true masters of the dungeon Amrûn Verlag (March 2018, ISBN 978-3-95869-354-8 )
- The horror of Grambach , in: Mirko Bader (Hrsg.): HeXXen 1733: Archive of the Guardian League Ulisses Games (August 2018, ISBN 978-3-95752-985-5 )
- The daughters of the autumn timeless , in: Fabienne Siegmund, Stephanie Kempin, Vanessa Kaiser & Thomas Lohwasser (eds.): Stories from the Herbstlanden Verlag Torsten Low (September 2018, ISBN 978-3-940036-48-3 )
- At night on the desolate mountain , in: Mirko Bader (Hrsg.): HeXXen 1733: Archives of the Wächterbund 2 Ulisses games (June 2019, ISBN 978-3-96331-216-8 )
- The girl with the red coat , in: Sandra Baumgärtner & Stephanie Kempin (Ed.): FaRK Chronicles - Lost Places Ulisses Spiele (August 2019, ISBN 978-3-946425-77-9 )
As Wes Andrews
- Frontiersmen series
- Hell flight to Heaven's Gate (September 2015, Bastei Lübbe , ISBN 978-3-404-20797-8 )
- Blood feud on Alvarado (March 2016, Bastei Lübbe, ISBN 978-3-404-20809-8 )
- Frontiersmen Civil War series
- Uprising on Higgins' Moon (March 2018, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-4361-8 )
- Forty freighters towards the edge (April 2018, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-4362-5 )
- The damned of Fort Hope (May 2018, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-4363-2 )
- The Admiral's Daughter (June 2018, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-4364-9 )
- The Revenge of the Peko (July 2018, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-4365-6 )
- Showdown at Alamo (August 2018, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-4366-3 )
- Frontiersmen - Civil War: The Complete Season (April 2019, Bastei Lübbe / beBEYOND, ISBN 978-3-7325-7730-9 )
Children's books
- Drachengasse 13 row
(written together with Christian Humberg)
- Terror over Bondingor (July 2011, SchneiderBuch , ISBN 978-3-505-12892-9 )
- Spirits from below (July 2011, SchneiderBuch, ISBN 978-3-505-12906-3 )
- The secret of the Xix (February 2012, SchneiderBuch, ISBN 978-3-505-12953-7 )
- The demonic mirror (August 2012, SchneiderBuch, ISBN 978-3-505-12954-4 )
- The Eerie Falls of the Lucius Adler Series
(written together with Christian Humberg)
- The Golden Power Crystal (March 2016, Thienemann Verlag , ISBN 978-3-522-18400-7 )
- Hunt for the invisible (September 2016, Thienemann Verlag, ISBN 978-3-522-18438-0 )
- Attack of the automaton people (March 2017, Thienemann Verlag, ISBN 978-3-522-18448-9 )
- The Guardians of Aquaterra series
(written together with Christian Humberg)
- The Guardians of Aquaterra (August 2017, Thienemann Verlag, ISBN 978-3-522-18452-6 )
- The Guardians of Aquaterra - Attack from the Deep (February 2018, Thienemann Verlag, ISBN 978-3-522-18478-6 )
- Short stories
- Shloko Holmser & the invisible crossbowman , in: Ruggero Leò (Ed.): Big stories from the little people , Bastei Lübbe (October 2012, ISBN 978-3-404-20705-3 )
- Drachengasse 13: Kitchen magic , in: Ulrich Burger (Ed.): The cooks - The pantry of feasting , Ulrich Burger Verlag (December 2012, ISBN 978-3-943378-05-4 )
- Drachengasse 13: Fire and Flame , in Diana Kinne & Ann-Kathrin Karschnik (eds.): Die kleine Köche , Ulrich Burger Verlag (August 2015, ISBN 978-3-943378-77-1 )
- Shloko Homes & the stolen dragon egg , in: Alisha Bionda (Ed.): Bunte Welt , Arunya-Verlag (November 2016, ISBN 978-3-95810-016-9 )
Nominations & Awards
- 2009: Nominated for the German Fantastic Prize in the category of best German-language debut novel for Tarean - son of the curseer
- 2010: RPC Fantasy Award - Jury Prize for Tarean - Knight of the First Light
- 2011: 2nd place RPC Fantasy Award in the category Literature & Comics for Magierdämmerung - For the Crown
- 2011: Nominated for the German Fantasy Prize in the category Best German-language novel for Magician's Twilight - For the Crown
- 2012: Nominated for the Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph in the category Best Book for Magician Twilight - Into the Abyss
- 2012: Nominated for the German Fantastic Prize in the category Best German-language novel for Magician's Twilight - Against Time
- 2013: Nominated for the RPC Fantasy Award in the Literature category for Flames over Arcadion
- 2013: Deutscher Phantastik Preis in the category Best German-language short story for Der Automat
- 2014: Nominated for the German Fantastic Prize in the category of best German-language novel for The Robbery Paradise
- 2015: Nominated for the Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph in the category Best Book for Empire of Dragons: The Blood of the Black Lion
- 2015: Nominated for the RPC Fantasy Award in the Literature category for Empire of Dragons: The Blood of the Black Lion
- 2015: Deutscher Phantastik Preis in the category Best German-language novel for the Dragon Empire: The Blood of the Black Lion
- 2017: Nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in the category Special Prize for one-time outstanding achievements in the German-language SF 2016 for Star Trek: Prometheus "trilogy
- 2018: Nominated for the Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph in the category Best Book for Der Drachenjäger. The first trip into the sea of clouds
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernd Perplies in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernd Perplies in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Bernd Perplies at Open Library
- Bernd Perplie's homepage
- Bernd Perplie's interview on www.leser-welt.de
- Bernd Perplie's interview on www.webcritics.de
- Bernd Perplie's interview on PopKulturSchock.de
Individual evidence
- ^ 'DPP archive ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Blog entry DPP
- ↑ Blog entry DPP
- ↑ portrait Perry-Rhodan.net
- ^ Entry Perrypedia
- ↑ Product page "Star Trek - Prometheus 1" at Cross Cult
- ↑ Author entry at PAN
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Perplies, Bernd |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, translator and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |