Judith C. Vogt

Judith C. Vogt (* 1981 in Langenbroich , Düren district ) is a German author. She writes fantasy and science fiction literature, youth literature , historical novels and is a role-playing game developer.

Life & Work

After graduating from high school Vogt did an apprenticeship as a bookseller and worked in this profession for several years.

In 2011 her first novel, Im Schatten der Esse , appeared as part of the series of Aventurian novels . Around the world of the fictional continent of Aventuria , other books were published by Fantasy Productions and Ulisses . Her youth book trilogy Die Geister des Landes was published in 2012 .

Together with her husband, the physicist Christian Vogt , she wrote the Steampunk -novel The broken doll in the publishing Feder & Schwert , the successor to the lost doll , the historic two-piece Eburonenlied on the Gallic War , the fantasy trilogy The 13 subscribed at Lübbe and the science fiction novels Wasteland and Ace in Space , which is part of the successful RPG crowdfunding Aces in Space .

As a game developer, she first wrote adventures and source texts for the Black Eye . Ice & Steam , Shardland and Aces in Space are independent role-play settings for the role-playing system FATE . Schorbenland received the German RPG Award in 2018.

The broken doll received the German Fantastic Prize in 2013 in the main category Best German-language novel . Parallel to the nomination of the novel, Germany's first crowdfunding short story anthology was realized together with Feder & Schwert and 10 other authors , Ice and Steam . Vogt also edited an anthology on the 1200th anniversary of Charlemagne's death . She was involved as editor and author on Roll Inclusive - Diversity and Representation in Pen & Paper RPG .

Like her husband, Vogt is one of the 13 founding members of the Fantastic Author Network (PAN). In February 2020, the two announced their exit from the network.

She lives in Aachen and also works as a translator and journalist. Together with Lena Richter, she runs the nerd culture and role-playing podcast Genderswapped . With Lena Richter and Kathrin Dodenhoeft, she publishes the quarterly queer-feminist fantastic magazine Queer * Welten .

Awards

• 2013 German Fantastic Prize for The Broken Doll (with Christian Vogt)
• 2014 German Fantastic Prize for Ice and Steam (with Christian Vogt)
• 2015 nomination for the Hombuch award for ice cream and steam (with Christian Vogt)
• 2015 Award of the anthology Karl - Tales of a Great with the literature prize HOMER
• 2016 Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph Longlist nomination for The Lost Doll (with Christian Vogt)
• 2018 Role Play Convention Jury Award for Phoenix & Affe
• 2018 German role play award in the accessories category for Scherrland (with Christian Vogt)
• 2019 Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph Shortlist nomination for Roma Nova
• 2019 Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize nomination for Roma Nova (5th place)
• 2020 Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph Shortlist nomination for Wasteland (with Christian Vogt)

Works (selection)

RPG novels

The black eye (DSA)

• In the shadow of the Esse , Ulisses, Waldems, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89064-125-6
• In the fire of the Esse , Ulisses, Waldems, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86889-221-5
• Mistress of the Swarm , Ulisses, Waldems, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86889-210-9
• Lord of the Legions , Ulisses, Waldems, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86889-197-3
• Should burn Bosparan , Ulisses, Waldems, 2016, ISBN 978-3-95752-652-6

Ice and Steam (with Christian Vogt)

• The broken doll, pen and sword, Cologne, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86762-156-4
• The lost doll , pen and sword, Cologne, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86762-275-2

Shard moon

• Phoenix and monkey, pen and sword , Cologne, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86762-293-6

Historical novels

• with Christian Vogt: Schwertbrüder - Eburonenlied I , Ammianus, Aachen, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9815774-2-6
• with Christian Vogt: Burned Land - Eburonenlied II , Ammianus, Aachen, 2014, ISBN 978-3-9815774-7-1
• Die Pestflamme , Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, 2014, ISBN 978-3-89899-894-9

Fantastic novels

The 13 drawn (with Christian Vogt)

• The 13 Drawn , Bastei Lübbe, Bastei Lübbe, Cologne, 2018, ISBN 978-3-404-20892-0
• The 13 Drawn - The Upside Down City , Bastei Lübbe, Cologne, 2019, ISBN 978-3-404-20934-7
• The 13 drawn - the crooked man of the deep. Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-404-20892-0

The spirits of the land

• The spirits of the country - Part 1: The awakening , Ammianus, Aachen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-9812285-4-0
• The spirits of the country - Part 2: Faceless , Ammianus, Aachen, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9815774-3-3
• The spirits of the country - Part 3: From the depths , Ammianus, Aachen, 2015, ISBN 978-3-945025-05-5

Science fiction novels

Single novels

• ROMA NOVA , Bastei Lübbe, Cologne, 2018, ISBN 978-3-404-20914-9
• with Christian Vogt: Wasteland , Droemer Knaur, Munich, 2019, ISBN 978-3-426-52391-9
• with Christian Vogt: Ace in Space , Ach Je Verlag, Berlin, 2020, ISBN 978-3-947720-47-7

Role play

• Ice & Steam , Clockwork, Cologne, 2015, ISBN 978-3958670198
• Scherbeland , self-publishing, Aachen, 2017
• Aces in Space , roleplaying lace-making by Ach Je Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3948691004

Collaboration on

• Legends from Dark Times , Ulisses, Waldems, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86889-182-9
• Ice & Steam: A Steampunk Anthology, Feder und Schwert, Cologne, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86762-200-4
• Krieger , Torsten Low, 2013, ISBN 978-3-940036-21-6
• Karl - Tales of a Great , Ammianus, Aachen, 2014, ISBN 978-3-9815774-6-4
• Roll inclusive - Diversity and representation in role play , Feder & Schwert, Cologne, 2019, ISBN 978-3867624053
• Queer * Welten , quarterly magazine, 1st edition: Ach Je Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-947720-51-4

Web links

• Judith C. Vogt in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Literature by and about Judith C. Vogt in the catalog of the German National Library
• HP of the author
• Vogt in Wikiaventurica

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Judith C. Vogt | Nandurion. Retrieved October 17, 2019 (German). 
2. ^ Judith and Christian Vogt: Leaving PAN eV. Retrieved on February 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Lena Richter and Judith Vogt: Genderswapped Podcast. Retrieved June 22, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Vogt, Richter, Dodenhoeft: Fantastic magazine Queer * Worlds. Retrieved June 22, 2020 . 
5. ^ German Fantastic Prize 2013. In: Literature Prize Winner. Retrieved October 17, 2019 (German). 
6. ↑ German Fantastic Prize 2014. In: Literature Prize Winner . Retrieved October 17, 2019 (German). 
7. ↑ Karl - Stories of a Great. In: Website of Judith & Christian Vogt. Retrieved October 17, 2019 (German). 
8. ↑ Michael Fuchs: RPC 2018: The Fantasy Awards. In: Part-time heroes. May 14, 2018, accessed on October 17, 2019 (German). 
9. ^ The winners of the German Role Play Prize 2018 - German Role Play Prize. Retrieved October 17, 2019 (German). 
10. ↑ Seraph 2019 / Shortlist of the best German fantastic novels. Retrieved October 17, 2019 . 
11. ↑ KLP 2019 Best Novel. In: Kurd Lasswitz Prize. Retrieved October 17, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Shardland Fate. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .