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TS Orgel is the author's pseudonym of the brothers Tom Orgel (* 1973 in Görlitz ) and Stephan Orgel (* 1976 in Görlitz).
life and work
Both graduated from the Herzog-Christoph-Gymnasium in Beilstein .
Tom Orgel obtained his diploma in graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg in 2003 . He lives with his wife and two sons in the Lower Franconian town of Spessart and works as a freelance graphic designer and copywriter.
Stephan Orgel is a publisher and studied business administration . He lives and works in Hessen .
Together they work under TS Orgel as writers of short stories and novels. Her first novel Orks vs. Zwerge was published by Heyne Verlag in 2012 . It reached the longlist in the category of best debut at the Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph , the jury award of the Fantastic Academy, and in October 2013 was awarded the German Fantastic Prize for the best German-language debut at the Frankfurt Book Fair . In October 2017, the final volume of her novel trilogy Die Blausteinkriege was published , which reached number 17 in the Spiegel bestseller list that same month . Her first science fiction novel TERRA, published in 2018, landed again in the Seraph 2019 category of best book among the best 4 novels.
In various anthologies (e.g. 'The Little Cooks' or 'Stories from the Autumn Lands') they published alongside their mother, Silvia Orgel, who received the Putlitzer Prize for the best short story in 2012.
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bibliography
- Novels
- Orcs vs. Dwarfs. Roman, Heyne Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-31404-7 .
- Orcs vs. Dwarfs - Curse of Darkness. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-31438-2 .
- Orcs vs. Dwarfs - the ancestral treasure. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-31610-2 .
- Steamtown - The Factory. Papierverzierer Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-944-54434-2 (with Carsten Steenbergen ).
- The Bluestone Wars - Berun's legacy. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-31688-1 .
- The Bluestone Wars - storm from the south. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-31706-2 .
- The Bluestone Wars - The Hidden Tower. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-31707-9 .
- TERRA. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-453-31967-7 .
- The house of a thousand worlds. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-453-31979-0 .
- Short stories
- Where the street is dark In: Thomas Backus (Hrsg.): The Klabauterkatze and other finds of horror: In the footsteps of HP Lovecrafts 02. Verlag Torsten Low, Meitingen / Erlingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-940-03609-4 .
- A London Bridge Experience. In: Ulrich Burger (Ed.): Ley Lines: and other mystical moments. Ulrich Burger Verlag, Homburg / Saar 2011, ISBN 978-3-981-28466-9 .
- Follies. In: Lucas Edel (Ed.): Clockwork Venice. Ulrich Burger Verlag, Homburg / Saar 2012, ISBN 978-3-943-37801-6 .
- Con Carne. In: Ulrich Burger (Ed.): The cooks - The pantry of feasting. Ulrich Burger Verlag, Homburg / Saar 2012, ISBN 978-3-943-37805-4 .
- Mardas and Shursa. In: Bernhard Hennen (Hrsg.): Netz der Intrige: Die Gassen von Daranel. Uhrwerk Verlag, Erkrath 2013, ISBN 978-3-942-01261-4 .
- The best cake in the world. In: Ann-Kathrin Karschnick & Diana Kinne (eds.): The little cooks: The endless dishes! Ulrich Burger Verlag, Homburg / Saar 2015, ISBN 978-3-943-37877-1 .
- Thaler Thaler. In: Thomas Backus (ed.): Forbidden books: On the trail of HP Lovecrafts 03. Verlag Torsten Low, Meitingen / Erlingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-940-03634-6 .
- Providence Pig. In: Stefan Cernohuby & Nadine Muriel (eds.): Das Dimensionstor. Amrûn Verlag , Meitingen / Erlingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-958-69559-7 .
- Not a great light. In: Sandra Baumgärtner, Stephanie Kempin & Benjamin Kiehn (eds.): FaRK Trek: Episode 1. Papierverzierer Verlag, Essen 2017, ISBN 978-3-959-62017-8 .
- Like moths in the light. In: Jörg Köster & André Skora (eds.): Geisterland - stories from the world of soul catchers. Torsten Low Publishing House, Meitingen / Erlingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-940-03645-2 .
- Layer in the shaft. In :: AS Bottlinger, TS Orgel, SA Cernohuby (ed.): The auxiliaries - The true masters of the dungeon. Amrun Verlag, Traunstein 2018, ISBN 978-3-958-69354-8 .
- Damn Human Resources. In: AS Bottlinger, TS Orgel, SA Cernohuby (Ed.): The auxiliaries - The true masters of the dungeon. Amrun Verlag, Traunstein 2018, ISBN 978-3-958-69354-8 .
- Trick or treat. In: Fabienne Siegmund, Stephanie Kempin, Vanessa Kaiser, Thomas Lohwasser (eds.): Stories from the autumn lands. Verlag Torsten Low, Meitingen / Erlingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-940-03648-3 .
- Blue blood. In: Günther Kienle (Ed.): Bloody Worlds. Bookworms Verlag, Bietigheim 2020, ISBN 978-3-945230-45-9 .
- as editor
- The auxiliaries - the real masters of the dungeon, publisher: AS Bottlinger, TS Orgel, SA Cernohuby, Amrûn Verlag , Traunstein 2018, ISBN 978-3-958-69354-8 .
- other publications
- with Carsten Steenbergen: Steamtown - The Factory. Web Novel, Steampunk 2009; in October 2014 as an audio book (read by Detlef Tams), Dacore Verlag.
Awards
- 2013 Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph nominated in the category Best Debut 2012 for Orks vs. Dwarfs
- 2013 Deutscher Phantastik Preis , Best German-language debut novel for Orks vs. Dwarfs
- 2015 LovelyBooks Readers Award , Shortlist Fantasy & Science Fiction for The Bluestone Wars - The Legacy of Berun
- 2016 Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph, nominated in the category Best Book for The Bluestone Wars - The Legacy of Berun
- 2017 Fantastic Best List PAN e. V. and Literaturschock, for The Bluestone Wars - Storm from the South
- 2019 Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph, shortlist in the Best Book category for TERRA
- 2019 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis , shortlist in the category Best German-language novel for TERRA
- 2019 German Phantastik Preis, shortlist in the category Best Short Story for Shift in the Shaft
Web links
- Literature by and about TS Orgel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Stephan organ in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Tom organ in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about TS Orgel at Open Library
- TS Organ website
- TS Orgel website at PAN eV
- TS Orgel at her literary agency Thomas Schlück GmbH
- TS organ at Random House
Individual evidence
- ↑ S.-Orgel / Heyne / e485730.rhd Random House
- ↑ The mirror
- ↑ Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph
- ↑ German Fantastic Prize
- ↑ Lovelybooks reader award
- ↑ Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fantastic leaderboard
- ↑ Fantastic Literature Prize Seraph
- ^ Kurd Laßwitz Prize
- ↑ German Fantastic Prize 2019