Rick Yancey

Rick Yancey

Richard "Rick" Yancey (born November 4, 1962 in Miami , Florida ) is an American writer .

Life

He earned a BA in English from Roosevelt University in Chicago and then worked as a teacher and actor. He later worked for the US tax authority, the IRS . He has been a freelance writer since 2004, starting with the publication of Confessions of a tax collector , in which he described his work as a tax investigator. As a result, he has published several series of novels for children and adults, which earned him, among other things, a nomination for the Carnegie Medal . In January 2016, the film Die 5. Welle , based on his novel of the same name, was released in German-speaking cinemas.

Awards

• 2014 LovelyBooks Readers Award in the Science Fiction category for The Fifth Wave

bibliography

Individual works

• A Burning in Homeland (2003)
• Confessions of a Tax Collector (2004)

The Highly Effective Detective

1. The Highly Effective Detective (2006)
2. The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs (2008)

Alfred Kropp

1. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (2005), German The extraordinary adventures of Alfred Kropp (2007)
2. Alfred Kropp: The Seal of Solomon (2007)
3. Alfred Kropp: The Thirteenth Skull (2008)

The monstrumologist

1. The Monstrumologist (2009), German Der Monstrumologist (2010)
2. The Curse of the Wendigo (2010), German The Monstrumologist and the Curse of the Wendigo (2012)
3. The Isle of Blood (2011), German The Monstrumologist and the Isle of Blood (2013)
4. The Final Descent (2013), German The Monstrumologist and the Dragon Egg (2015)

The fifth wave

1. The 5th Wave (2013), German Die Fifth Welle (2014)
2. The Infinite Sea (2014), German The Infinite Sea (2015)
3. The Last Star (2016), German The Last Star (2016)

Web links

• official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Richard (Rick) Yancey Biography. BookBrowse, accessed October 14, 2014 .