Michael Schaefer (Author)
Michael Uwe Ewald Schaefer (also Eric Raven ; born April 24, 1976 in Bielefeld ) is a German author for gay fiction .
Life
Michael Schaefer was born in Bielefeld in East Westphalia-Lippe and lived with his grandparents in the neighboring town of Steinhagen until he was eleven . In 1986 he came to his remarried mother in Neuss- Derikum . In the primary school there, he took part in an essay competition in the 1986/87 school year as a final assignment. His first short story was well received and published in the parish gazette of St. Dyonisus Congregation in August 1987.
Schaefer then wrote other short stories, almost all of which remained unpublished. As with his first successful article, his stories mostly dealt with " fantastic " topics. In 1991 he wrote his first complete novel Die Modellagentur , in which he initially unconsciously switched to the genre of homosexual fiction. The novel remained unpublished. Schaefer himself only came out in 1994 when he was eighteen.
In 2005 he wrote his debut novel Liebe auf Raten for the gay market , which was published in 2006 by Himmelstürmer Verlag , Hamburg, which specializes in gay literature . The novel tells the "romantic-erotic" love story between a conservatively brought up young man who had his first homosexual experience with his best friend on a school trip, and an adult homosexual whose activities as a callboy and porn actor stand in the way of the relationship.
In a review in the market overview books, CDs and DVDs for gays , which came out as a brochure in autumn 2006 and was also published on queer.de, Schaefer's first work is rated as a “gripping story” that “has a beneficial effect due to the intensely drawn characters The majority of similar publications stand out ”.
In addition, Schaefer wrote fantasy stories and novels such as Warriors of the Angels , which he wrote under the pseudonym Eric Raven to differentiate them from his (homosexual) romance novels and designed for publication as an e-book . In 2008, Schaefer's second romance novel Touch me, Coach! who deals with the coming out of a teenage swimmer who is just discovering his own sexuality .
Michael Schaefer lives and works in the Westphalian town of Rheine .
Works
- Love in installments. Himmelstürmer, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-934825-65-6 .
- Touch me, coach! Himmelstürmer, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 3-934825-98-2 ( Young Love series ; 20).
- Love me, coach! Himmelstürmer, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-940818-43-0 ( Young Love series ; 36).
- Im Kreis der Falken, anthology 01. Holtzbrinck, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8442-0788-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Schaefer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information from and about Michael Schaefer on his website gathera-prime.de
- Books by Michael Schaefer on the website of Himmelstürmer Verlag
Individual evidence
- ↑ The discovery of feelings ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Review in: Die Beste - Herbst 2006. Books, CDs and DVDs for Gays , p. 8, on queer.de (PDF file; 5.75 MB; accessed on July 7, 2009).
- ↑ Reading sample of the Touch Me work ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaefer, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raven, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |