Thomas Finn

Thomas Finn 2014 at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Thomas Finn (born May 12, 1967 in Evanston ) is an American-German writer of novels, games, plays and screenplays.

Life

Finn writes u. a. for the German role-playing game " Das Schwarze Auge " (DSA), of which he was a member of the editorial staff until it was dissolved in 2011.

Thomas Finn was born in Evanston in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1967 while his parents were on business in the USA, and as a result, he was also automatically granted US citizenship . Today he lives and works in Hamburg . Thomas Finn has three siblings. As a child he felt called to write, but initially wanted to be a biologist or chemist. In 1984 he became aware of “Das Schwarze Auge” and soon afterwards designed a fan magazine that lasted five years. After graduating from high school and doing military service , he completed an apprenticeship as an advertising clerk and then studied economics in Hamburg . In addition to his training and studies, he worked as a journalist and author for various German publishers and magazines in the fantastic genre and received his first prize in 1992, the “ZauberZeit Readers Prize”. After completing his diploma thesis, he worked for Ullmann Verlag in Hamburg for two and a half years as a lecturer and dramaturge. He was editor-in-chief for the magazine Nautilus - Abenteuer & Phantastik , the successor to ZauberZeit . Thomas Finn has been working full-time as an author and writer since 2001.

Works

Role play publications (selection)

• 1998 - About the Greifenpass (The Black Eye Adventure) - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-331-0 .
• 1999 - Rausch der Ewigkeit (The Black Eye Adventure), together with Hadmar von Wieser - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-333-7 .
• 1999 - Borbarad's heirs (Das Schwarze Auge source box and regional description) - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-273-X .
• 2000 - Reise zum Horizont (The Black Eye Adventure), together with Anton Weste - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-349-3 .
• 2000 - Nameless Twilight (The Black Eye Adventure) - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-347-7 .
• 2001 - Der Basiliskenkönig (The Black Eye Adventure), together with Lena Falkenhagen - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-363-9 .
• 2005 - Germany, Bloody Wars - Golden Years ( HP Lovecrafts Cthulhu source box), in it: "Tempus Fugit" (adventure) - Pegasus games, ISBN 3-930635-22-4 .

Short stories

• 2000 - Gassengeschichten, "Greifax 'Legacy" (The Black Eye) - Heyne Verlag, ISBN 3-453-17233-7 .
• 2003 - Nocturnal encounter - Wolfgang Holbein's Fantasy Selection, "Bitter Truth" - Heyne Verlag, ISBN 3-453-86488-3 .
• 2005 - Magical Times, "The Black Eye" (The Black Eye) - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-516-X .
• 2008 - Festival of the Vampires, "Master Calamitas' Amazing Curiosities" - Piper Verlag, ISBN 978-3-492-26678-9 .
• 2010 - Moon Dreams , The Scream - RM Book and Media Distribution GmbH, ISBN 978-3-9815574-6-6
• 2012 - Big stories from the small people, "Hero against Will" - Bastei Luebbe, ISBN 978-3-404-20705-3 .
• 2013 - Net of intrigue: The streets of Daranel, "Herzlos" - Uhrwerk Verlag, ISBN 978-3-942012-61-4 .
• 2014 - From Dark Feathers , Bitter Truth - Flurry of letters, ISBN 978-3-9815574-6-6 .
• 2016 - From Dark Feathers 2 , Master Calamitas' Amazing Truths - Flurry of letters, ISBN 978-3-9815574-7-3 .

Single novels

• 2002 - The griffin victim. (The Black Eye) - Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3-89064-544-5 .
• 2006 - The spark of the Chronos. - Piper Verlag, ISBN 3-492-70128-0 .
• 2010 - White Terror. - Piper Verlag, ISBN 978-3-492-26759-5 .
• 2011 - Justifiers Mind Control - Heyne Verlag, ISBN 978-3-453-52816-1 .
• 2014 - Black Tears - Knaur TB, ISBN 978-3-426-51349-1 .
• 2014 - Aquarius - Piper Verlag, ISBN 978-3-492-70337-6 .
• 2016 - Mordstrand - Egmont Lyx Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7363-0132-0 .
• 2016 - Dark Wood - Knaur Verlag, ISBN 978-3-426-51874-8 .
• 2018 - Lost Souls - Knaur Verlag, ISBN 978-3-426-52176-2 .

Magus Magellan's tidal world

See also : tidal world

(as Magus Magellan with Hadmar von Wieser, Karl-Heinz Witzko and Bernhard Hennen )

• 2003 - Das Weltnetz - Piper Verlag, ISBN 3-492-70054-3 .
• 2004 - The Purple Islands - Piper Verlag, ISBN 3-492-70055-1 .
• 2004 - The secret of the tidal world - Piper Verlag, ISBN 3-492-26566-9 .

The Chronicles of the Fog Wars

• 2006 - The infinite light - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 3-473-35260-8 .
• 2007 - The icy shadow - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 978-3-473-35269-2 .
• 2007 - The Last Flame - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 978-3-473-35272-2 .
• 2013 - The Silver Dream - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 3-473-40088-2 .

The Guardians of Astaria

• 2008 - The Last Paladin - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 978-3-473-35287-6 .
• 2009 - The Whispering City - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 978-3-473-35295-1 .
• 2009 - The Burning Mountain - Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 978-3-473-35305-7 .

Scripts (selection)

• A great guy , episode: “Everything for the cat”, together with Volker Ullmann, SAT1
• The Bögers , episode: “House visits”, together with Volker Ullmann, ARD

Plays (selection)

• 2005 - D'Artagnan's daughter , together with Volker Ullmann, Altes Schauspielhaus Stuttgart
• 2007 - Robin Hood - King of Sherwood Forest , Grötzingen Nature Theater

Awards

• ZauberZeit Prize 1992 for: “A touch of moder”, winner in the “Best German Magazine Adventure” category (awarded by the readers of the magazine “ZauberZeit”);
• German Role Playing Prize 2003, 1st place in the “Best Novel” category for the “Gezeitenwelt” cycle;
• Third place in the "German Fantastic Prize 2004" for "The World Network"
• Segeberger Feder 2007 for "The Infinite Light"
• BuCon honorary award 2014

Web links

Commons : Thomas Finn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Thomas Finn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Thomas Finn in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Thomas Finn in the Luding games database
• Homepage of Thomas Finn
• Interview with Thomas Finn, October 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Last restructuring measures. In: Ulisses Forum. December 7, 2011, accessed July 28, 2020 .