Henry H. Neff

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Henry H. Neff (* 21st September 1973 in Massachusetts ) is a US -American author .

Life

Neff was born in Massachusetts to two art historians. Four years later, his family moved to the suburbs of Chicago . Due to his family environment, he read a lot and got to know Greek and Nordic mythology at an early age . When he was around eleven he came across a book on Celtic mythology , which fascinated him because of its differences from Greek mythology. In addition, he was very fond of drawing and writing. Neff studied history at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York . He initially considered studying law, but instead took a position as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company . He left this company after five years and became a history teacher at Stuart Hall High School in San Francisco . In early 2003, during his first winter vacation as a teacher, he began to write his first book. This is the first part of the series School of Magicians (English: The Tapestry Series ), which he wrote as an author and illustrated himself. 5 books have already been published in this series. The fifth volume was originally scheduled to appear in October 2013. However, the date was postponed to the end of 2014 because, according to his statement in his blog, he was not yet finished with the manuscript at that time. He began the last chapter, as he announced on his blog, on March 26, 2014. On April 22, 2014, he also published the entire first chapter on his blog. On June 14, 2014, he also announced that now that he had finished all work on The Red Winter, he would begin to write another series, which will take place in the world of School of Magicians, but some 1000 years after the events of The Red Winter is playing. He published more information about the series on July 25, 2014 on his blog. There he wrote that the name of the series, the world and the ruling kingdom should be Impyrium . According to Neff's announcement, the central characters of the first volume of the trilogy, published in 2016, are a 12-year-old magician, the last offspring of the family that has ruled for thousands of years and a 13-year-old boy who ran away from a mining village.

Neff is married, lives in Brooklyn , New York City and has a son who was born in 2013. Neff wrote jokingly on his blog, “He was so impatient to read a draft of The Red Winter, he decided to arrive 5 weeks early.” (German: “He was so impatient to read the draft for The Red Winter that he decided 5 weeks early to come. ”) His second child was born in 2014.

School of magicians

tape German title English title Year of publication English edition Year of publication German edition
1 The secret portal The Hound Of Rowan 2007 2008
2 Astaroth's attack The Second Siege 2008 2009
3 The return of evil The Fiend And The Forge 2010 2011
4th - The Maelstrom 2012 -
5 - The Red Winter 2014 -

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eric Johnson: Harper, New Trier grad student discusses book . In: NewsBank , April 24, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 
  2. ^ Henry H. Neff on krimi-forum.net
  3. ↑ The Hound of Rowan: Inside Scoop ( Memento from February 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Section General Facts on henryhneff.com
  4. ^ Anne Ellis, Janet West: Muggles can party with Potter . In: Abilene Reporter-News , July 8, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 
  5. ^ Ian Eberhardt: 'The Graveyard Book,' 'Second Siege' cast macabre, magic spells . In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , January 27, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Videoblog Answering some Readers Questions from July 28, 2013 and blog entry Red Winter Release Date from November 16, 2013 on henryhneff.com
  7. ↑ Blog entry The Final Chapter from March 26, 2014 on henryhneff.com
  8. ↑ Blog entry The Red Winter - Chapter One from April 22, 2014 on henryhneff.com
  9. ↑ Blog entry A New Project! from June 14, 2014 on henryhneff.com
  10. ↑ Blog entry "IMPYRIUM" pitching from July 25, 2014 on henryhneff.com
  11. ↑ Video blog from August 15, 2014 and blog entry BIG News !!! from August 18, 2014 on henryhneff.com
  12. ↑ Blog entry A New (and Early!) Arrival from September 10, 2013 on henryhneff.com
personal data
SURNAME Neff, Henry H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Massachusetts