Rainer Wekwerth

Rainer Wekwerth (born January 1959 in Esslingen am Neckar ) is a German writer .

Life

Wekwerth attended school in Esslingen.

At first he concentrated entirely on writing short stories , later he wrote longer novels . At 36, he published his first novel Emily's Wondrous Journey to the Land of Dreams . This was followed by two more children's books .

In the following years he published successful fantasy novels under the pseudonyms David Kenlock and Jonathan Abendrot . From 2006 to 2010 he took a creative break after publishing eleven books, which he finished with Damian: The City of Fallen Angels .

His labyrinth series is about seven young people who try to escape the "labyrinth" by crossing six worlds, but have to leave one of them to die in each world.

Wekwerth is married and has one daughter.

Prizes and awards

• 1999: State Prize for Children's and Young People's Book Baden-Württemberg
• 2002: 2nd place at the German Fantasy Prize in the category "Best Anthology",
• 2013: “Segeberger Feder” youth book award for The Labyrinth Awakens
• 2013: Youth book award " Ulmer Unke "
• 2013: Nomination " Buxtehuder Bulle "
• 2013: Youth Book Prize " Golden Leslie "
• 2013: Focus selection 'The best books of 2013'
• 2017: 2nd place " Ulmer Unke "
• 2018: Nomination " Buxtehuder Bulle "
• 2018: Nomination " Ulmer Toke "
• 2019: Nomination " Skoutz Award "
• 2019: Nomination " German Fantastic Prize "

Works

As Rainer Wekwerth

• Dream snake . Fischer-Taschenbuchverlag 2004, ISBN 3-596-16344-7
• The Hades Labyrinth . Fischer-Taschenbuchverlag 2005, ISBN 3-596-16375-7
• Damian: The city of fallen angels . Arena 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-06513-7
• Damian: The return of the fallen angel . Arena 2012, ISBN 978-3-401-06591-5
• The labyrinth is awakening . Arena 2013, ISBN 978-3-401-06788-9
• The labyrinth is chasing you . Arena 2013, ISBN 978-3-401-06789-6
• The labyrinth is without mercy . Arena 2014, ISBN 978-3-401-06790-2
• Blink of Time . Arena 2015, ISBN 978-3-401-60094-9
• Camp 21: Trapped without limits . Arena 2017, ISBN 978-3-401-60177-9
• Pheromone - they smell you. Planet! 2018, ISBN 978-3522505536
• Pheromone 2 - they see you. Planet! 2018, ISBN 978-3522505543
• Sargnagel family. Planet! 2018, ISBN 978-3522506175
• Pheromone 3 - They are chasing you planet! 2019, ISBN 978-3522505550
• The maze does not forget . Buchheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-946330-18-9

As David Kenlock

• Dark fire . Scherz 2004, ISBN 3-502-51999-4
• Shadow . Heyne 1999, ISBN 3-453-15632-3
• The soft voice of death . Fischer Scherz 2003, ISBN 3-502-51903-X

As Jonathan Abendrot

• Hubert or the search for an enchanted castle , Quell 1998, ISBN 3-7918-2911-4
• Four eyes and the spook at midnight, Quell 1998, ISBN 3-7918-2961-0
• Vierauge and the fake painting . Quell 1998, ISBN 3-7918-2960-2
• Emily's wondrous journey to the land of dreams . Quell 1996, ISBN 3-7918-2902-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Rainer Wekwerth in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage