Boris Koch
Boris Koch (* Winter 1973 in Augsburg ) is a German writer and publisher who mainly publishes works of youth literature and fantasy .
Awards
- 2005 Nyctalus Prize in the short story category for his story Im Monsterzoo
- 2008 Hansjörg Martin Prize for his youth novel Fire in Blood . Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2007.
- 2012 Der Drachenflüsterer - The dungeon of the storms on the longlist for the Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph
- 2013 Youth Book of the Month of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature for four bags of ash . Heyne, Munich 2012.
Short biography
Koch grew up in the country south of Augsburg and did his community service in a child psychiatry. After abandoning his studies in ancient history and modern German literature in Munich , he lived as a freelance author in Berlin since 2000 and in Leipzig from 2015 . First publication of short stories and short stories from 1993 in various anthologies and magazines. He is also the owner of the Medusenblut publishing house, which specializes in fantasy . He is co-initiator of the fantastic reading stage Das StirnhirnhinterZimmer and writes comics every now and then.
Works
- with Jörg Bartscher-Kleudgen : 365 degrees. fantastic adventure novel . Goblin Press, 1997.
- Brain dust. Stories. Goblin Press / Edition Medusenblut, 1998.
- Poteideia. 3 fantastic stories. Edition Medusenblut, 1997.
- The dead man in the corn field. fantastic stories. Medusenblut, 2001, ISBN 3-935901-00-3 .
- with Christian von Aster: The golden calf - The 10 commandments of progress. Science fiction stories. Midas / Edition Medusenblut / FKSFL, 2001, ISBN 3-935901-01-1 .
- with Christian von Aster : Soon. Science Fiction Stories.Midas / EditionMedusenblut, 2002, ISBN 3-935901-04-6 .
- Dionysus is dancing. Stories. Edition Medusenblut, 2003, ISBN 3-935901-05-4 .
- The Faceless Man - A Hundred Incredible Stories. Stories / city legends. FESTA Verlag 2004, ISBN 3-935822-87-1 .
- The addressed boy. Stories, ISBN 3-935822-87-1 , 2005, Eloy Edictions
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The shadow apprentice , Shadowrun Roman , ISBN 3-89064-482-1 , 2006, FanPro
- Reprint, ISBN 978-3-453-52493-4 , 2008, Heyne
- Forebrain posterior room. together with Christian von Aster and Markolf Hoffmann , August 2007, Medusenblut, Berlin
- Fire in the blood. Youth Crime, ISBN 978-3-407-74053-3 , October 2007, Beltz
- The others. The great orcs-elves-dwarfs-trolls parody (as Boris BBB Koch), ISBN 978-3-453-52378-4 , December 2007, Heyne TB
- 300 kBYTE fear. Youth Crime, ISBN 978-3-407-74096-0 , October 2008, Beltz
- The dragon whisperer. Fantasy novel, ISBN 978-3-453-52492-7 , December 2008, Heyne TB
- The king's key. Fantasy novel together with Kathleen Weise , 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-52534-4 , Heyne
- Bitten. Vampire novel, ISBN 978-3-453-52568-9 , September 2009, Heyne TB
- The Dragon Whisperer - The Oath of the Outlaws. Fantasy novel, ISBN 978-3-453-52620-4 , April 2010, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag (Munich)
- The Dragon Whisperer - The Storm Dungeon. Fantasy novel, ISBN 978-3-453-26724-4 , March 2011, Heyne Verlag (Munich)
- Christmas in the forehead back room. together with Christian von Aster and Markolf Hoffmann , October 2010, ISBN 978-3-935901-15-4 , Medusenblut, Berlin
- Return to the forebrain room. together with Christian von Aster and Markolf Hoffmann , 2011, ISBN 978-3-939239-09-3 , UBooks
- Sabotage. Science Fiction in the Justifiers Universe, ISBN 978-3-453-52817-8 , 2012, Heyne
- Four bags of ashes. Roman, ISBN 978-3-453-26834-0 , 2012, Heyne
- The rabbit race. Roman, ISBN 978-3-453-26940-8 , 2014, Heyne flies
- The Dragon Whisperer - The Fires of Arknon. Fantasy novel, May 2017, Heyne flies
The Drachenflüsterer novels as well as “The King's Key” and “Four Bags of Ashes” have also been published in paperback. The dragon whisperer novels also as an anthology.
Contributions to anthologies
- Martin. In: Jörg Kleudgen (Ed.): The Alp. Goblin Press, 1993.
- Howard. In: Jörg Kleudgen (Hrsg.): Arkham and other places of horror. Goblin Press, 1998.
- The black tea victim. In: Malte S. Sembten , Michael Marrak (ed.): The agnostic hall. (= Maldoror series of publications). 1998, ISBN 3-00-002477-8 .
- Mirror. In: Jörg Kleudgen (ed.): Liber XIII and other undesirable bequests. Goblin Press, 1999.
- Transferred to punishment. In: Freundeskreis SF Leipzig (Hrsg.): From coming horrors - program book for Elstercon 2000. FKSFL 2000.
- Here we go. In: Monika Wunderlich, Klaus Bielefeld (ed.): Christmas Eve with Cher. Virpriv Verlag / Klaus Bielefeld Verlag , 2000, ISBN 3-9806292-4-4 .
- From Jonathan Mommsen's travel notes. In: Monika Wunderlich (ed.): Death of a Satanist. Volume 1, VirPriv Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-935327-13-7 .
- The box. In: Freundeskreis SF Leipzig (Hrsg.): Stories from Phoenix and Sparrow. FKSFL 2002.
- The man with the dead eyes. In: Markus K. Korb (ed.): Beyond the house of Usher. Blitz-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89840-852-3 .
- The ghost in the machine. In: Malte S. Sembten (Ed.): M @ usetot - Terribly nasty web stories. Verlag Robert Richter, 2002, ISBN 3-932442-03-2 .
- Yo. In: Christian von Aster, Liber Vampirorum - les enfants du sang, Midas Publishing 2002, ISBN 3-935901-99-2 .
- Sneak preview. In: Robsie Richter , Die Alptraumfabrik - Unheimliche Kinogeschichten, Verlag Robert Richter 2003, ISBN 3-932442-02-4 .
- Judas. In: Christian von Aster (ed.), Liber Vampirorum - last blood, Midas Publishing 2003, ISBN 3-937449-01-9 .
- Christmas Eve with Manfred. In: Alisha Bionda & Michael Borlik, The Eternal Dark Dream, Blitz-Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-89840-351-3 .
- In the monster zoo. In: Christian von Aster, Liber Vampirorum - resurrected, Midas Publishing 2005, ISBN 3-937449-08-6 .
- A completely normal day. In: Markus Kastenholz & Timo Kümmel: Nocturno 6, VirPriV-Verlag 2006, ISSN 1617-8475
- The bed and the sword. In: Oliver Palme & Boris Hillen & Stefan Nowak, Fotosyntheses, Pahino-Verlag 2006, ISBN 3-938462-02-7 .
- How my papa saved the world for the second time. In: Sven Kössler & Werner Placho, Liberate Me, Eloy Edictions 2006, ISBN 3-938411-10-4 .
- Count Success. In: Walter Diociaiuti, Masters of Unreality, Eloy Edictions 2007, ISBN 978-3-938411-12-4 .
- The one who breaks dead hearts. In: Alisha Bionda, Dark Ladies 1, Fabylon 2009, ISBN 978-3-927071-25-4 .
- At last. In: Ilona Einwohlt, Lust. Love. Sex. 16 Stories, Beltz & Gelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-407-74220-9 .
- The Scorpio woman. In: Annie Bertram, Obsolete Angels - Zeitlose Engel, Ubooks 2011, ISBN 978-3-939239-04-8 .
- An unmistakable feeling. In: Alisha Bionda & Tanya Carpenter, Chill & Thrill, Fabylon 2011, ISBN 978-3-927071-50-6 .
- Once through the village and back. In: Bernhard Hennen, Tolkien's greatest heroes - How the hobbits conquered the world, Heyne 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-31409-2 .
- Meat donations. In: David Grashoff, Pascal Kamp, Hunger, Blitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-89840-348-1 .
- In front of the door. In: Andreas Fieberg, Farewell to Bleiwenheim - In memoriam Hubert Katzmarz , p.machinery 2013, ISBN 978-3-942533-73-7 .
- The thing out of the fog. In: Uwe Voehl , Kingsport - A Travel Guide, Basilisk Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-935706-80-3 .
- Less than seven days. In: Sonja Rüther, From Dark Feathers, Briefgestöber 2014, ISBN 978-3-9815574-6-6 .
Comic contributions
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The Butcher at Oakwood Manor. Drawings & colors Klaus Scherwinski . In: Horrorschocker 3. Tinplate Comics , October 2004
- Reprinted In: Monsters! 1, Tinplate Comics, May 2011, ISBN 978-3-86959-016-5 .
- Sailor's yarn. Drawings & colors Klaus Scherwinski. In: Horrorschocker 9. Weissblech Comics, April 2006.
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The Hadingen derby. Drawings by Klaus Scherwinski, color assistant Andreas Gabriel. In: Horrorschocker 10th Tinplate Comics, June 2006.
- Reprinted In: Monsters! 1. Tinplate Comics, May 2011.
- Reprinted in: Comix. 10/2011, JNK Verlag Jurgeit, Krismann & Nobst, October 2011.
- The black tea victim. Preparatory drawings by Klaus Scherwinski, pencil & colors Levin Kurio , final drawing by Damir Hamidovic. In: Horrorschocker 14th Tinplate Comics, June 2006.
- Beauty and the beasts. Drawings & colors: Frauke Berger , Splitter, February 2020
As editor
- Gothic: Dark Stories. Anthology with scary stories. Gulliver / Beltz & Gelberg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-407-74120-2 .
- Gothic: Darker Stories. Anthology with scary stories. Gulliver / Beltz & Gelberg, 2010, ISBN 978-3-407-74205-6 .
Furthermore publications of short stories or articles in various magazines like Mephisto, Screem, Nightlife, daedalos , Andromeda, Menhir, Nocturno etc.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b biography | Boris Koch. Retrieved on May 20, 2020 (German).
Web links
- Literature by and about Boris Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Boris Koch in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Boris Koch at Open Library
- www.boriskoch.de (author homepage)
- www.medusenblut.de (publisher's homepage)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Koch, Boris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |