Frank Lauenroth

Frank Lauenroth (* 1963 in Aschersleben ) is a German thriller and science fiction author . He writes novels and short stories.

biography

After graduating from high school, he learned the trade of machine fitter and then studied general mechanical engineering and construction in Magdeburg. He later moved to Bad Oldesloe for five years, then to Hamburg. There he works as a software developer and programmer as well as an author.

His novel Simon commands was one of the four winning books in the competition “Germany Writes” in 2005. Boston Run - The marathon thriller was published by Sportwelt Verlag and has since been recorded as an audio book by Johannes Steck . In 2012, the sequel New York Run followed - the second marathon thriller by the same publisher. In 2014 his first science fiction novel Black Ice was published by Begedia-Verlag.

Awards / nominations

• 2005 Roman: Winning the young talent award “Germany writes” for Simon commands
• 2013 Novelle: Nomination for the German Fantasy Prize 2013 in the category “Best German-language short story” for K'Tarr! from 2012 - T minus zero
• 2013 Novella: Nomination for the German Science Fiction Prize 2013 in the category "Best German-language short story" for K'Tarr! from 2012 - T minus zero
• 2016 Short story: Nomination for the German Science Fiction Prize 2016 in the category "Best German-language short story" for these damned alien robots from The Magnetic City
• 2017 Short story: Nomination for the German Science Fiction Prize 2017 in the category "Best German-language short story" for Tubes Inc. , the main thing being healthy
• 2018 short story: Nomination for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2018 in the category "Best German-language short story" for Omega 4 from Mutiny on Titan
• 2018 short story: Nomination for the German Science Fiction Prize 2018 in the category "Best German-language short story" for Omega 4 from Mutiny on Titan

Works (selection)

Novels

• Simon commands - the symbiosis thriller. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-2706-X .
• Boston Run - the marathon thriller . Sportwelt Verlag , Betzenstein 2010, ISBN 978-3-941297-05-0 .
• Boston Run - the marathon thriller . Audiobook Sportwelt Verlag , Betzenstein 2011, ISBN 978-3-941297-09-8 (5 CDs, unabridged, 345 minutes; speaker Johannes Steck )
• New York Run - The second marathon thriller. Sportwelt Verlag , Betzenstein 2012, ISBN 978-3-941297-19-7 .
• Black Ice. Begedia-Verlag, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2014, ISBN 978-3-95777-012-7 .
• Chicago Run - The third marathon thriller. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2019, ISBN 978-3-750409-78-1 .
• Despection. Empire-Verlag, Lofer / Austria 2020, ISBN 979-8-656574-73-0 .

Series

• Biome Alpha: The Arrival. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2016. ISBN 978-3-7412-3831-4 .
• Biom Alpha: The departure. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017. ISBN 978-3-7431-7866-3 .

Short stories in anthologies

• Life for rent. In: Fantastic Murders. Wurdack-Verlag , Nittendorf 2006, ISBN 3-938065-19-2 .
• Only death is certain. In: Pandaimonion - Danse macabre. Wurdack-Verlag , Nittendorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-938065-23-5 .
• First strike. In: Weltentor - Science Fiction. NOEL-Verlag, Oberhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-940209-82-5 .
• Golden times. In: prototypes and other imponderables. Begedia-Verlag, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2011, ISBN 978-3-9813946-0-3 .
• K'tarr! In: 2012 - T minus zero - A collection of the end of the world. , published by Uwe Post , Begedia-Verlag, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2012, ISBN 978-3-943795-17-2 .
• Toy Planet. In: Weltentor 2012 - A fantastic collection of stories. NOEL-Verlag, Oberhausen 2012, ISBN 978-3-95493-002-9 .
• Those damn alien robotic critters. In: The Magnetic City: 2014 Collection of Science Fiction Stories. Verlag für Moderne Phantastik, Radeberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9816929-5-2 .
• Tubes Inc. In: The main thing is healthy. p.machinery, Murnau am Staffelsee 2016, ISBN 978-3-95765-057-3 .
• In Dubio per Roboto In: Nova (Magazin) Science Fiction Magazin 24. Amrûn Verlag , Traunstein 2016, ISBN 978-3-95869-069-1 .
• Touch down. In: Around the world in more than 80 SF stories. Saphir im Stahl, Bickenbach 2016, ISBN 978-3-943948-64-6 .
• Deleted scenes. In: In the Light of Orion: 2015 Collection of Science Fiction Stories. Verlag modernphantastik, Radeberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-9816929-8-3 .
• Omega 4. In: Mutiny on Titan: 2016 Collection of Science Fiction Stories. Verlag modernphantastik, Radeberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-9818752-0-1 .
• Troids. In: Escape from Zumura: 2018 Collection of Science Fiction Stories. Verlag modernphantastik, Radeberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-9818752-3-2 .
• Step. In: Rebellion in Sirius City: 2019 Collection of Retro Science Fiction Stories. Verlag modernphantastik, Radeberg 2020, ISBN 978-3-9818752-6-3 .

Short stories in foreign language anthologies

• Tubes Inc. In: Obsolescenza programmata. Future Fiction (Italian) 2018, ISBN 978-1-7307894-1-0 .

Story collections

• Magical Christmas miracles. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2016. ISBN 978-3-7431-1943-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Frank Lauenroth in the catalog of the German National Library
• Frank Lauenroth in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Frank Lauenroth at Open Library
• Official homepage of Frank Lauenroth
• Portrait of Frank Lauenroth presented by Sportwelt Verlag
• Frank Lauenroth in an interview with literra.de
• Short story 'Omega 4' presented on TOR online from tor-online.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://phantastikpreis.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/deutscher-phantastik-preis-2013-die-gewinner/
2. ↑ https://www.dsfp.de/preistraeger/2013-2
3. ↑ http://www.dsfp.de/preistraeger/2016-2
4. ↑ https://www.dsfp.de/preistraeger/2017-2
5. ↑ http://www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de/2018/KLP_2018_Beste_Erzaehler.htm
6. ↑ https://www.dsfp.de/preistraeger/2018-2