Thomas Fuchs (Author)

Thomas Fuchs (born March 16, 1964 in Kassel ) is a German author and journalist.

Life

Fuchs is the son of the children's book author Ursula Fuchs . He grew up in Kassel and Darmstadt and studied history and politics at the universities of Frankfurt , Tübingen and Munich . Fuchs writes radio plays and works as a radio journalist, initially as a freelancer for years, and since 2019 in a permanent position for Deutschlandfunk Kultur . He published his numerous books for children and young people primarily with Thienemann Verlag and Arena Verlag . He now describes himself as a "hybrid author," the parallel to his publications in publishing houses and self-publications created. Since 2012 he has been presenting new editions of out-of-print titles in particular , but also original editions of novels for adults in the Gegenwind edition .

Thomas Fuchs lives with his family in Berlin .

Awards and grants

• 1992/93 scholarship from the radio play author workshop of the Berlin Literary Colloquium
• 2002 Authors' grant for children's and young people's literature from the Prussian Sea Action Foundation
• 2005 literature grant from the Prussian Sea Trade Foundation
• 2007 “Best Children's and Young People's Book 2007”, award of the Ulmer Unke readers' jury for the young people's novel Unter Freunde
• 2008 Shortlisted Golden Leslie , youth novel Among friends

Works

prose

• Malcolm The smile of Africa. Novel. Edition Gegenwind - Create Space , North Charleston 2012, ISBN 978-1-4793-9291-9 .
• An incredible story . Novel. Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2013, ISBN 978-1-4820-2879-9 .
• Bj. 66, male, in need of restoration . Novel. Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2013, ISBN 978-1-4827-7640-9 .

Children's and young people's literature

picture books

• No place in bed. Picture book. Illustrations: Barbara Korthues. Thienemann Verlag , Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-522-43454-4 .

Children's books

• Julia the terrible. Children's book. Thienemann Verlag , Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-522-16867-4 .
• Papa's first tooth. Children's book. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-522-16918-2 .
• The hip-hop project . Arena Verlag , Würzburg 2003, ISBN 3-401-02652-6 .
• Thunderstorm night at Flüsterstein Castle . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-522-17574-3 .
• Planes in your head. Children's novel. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-522-17720-7 .

Under the title Follow me TB and e-book new edition. Headwind Edition - CreateSpace , North Charleston 2015, ISBN 978-1-5142-0357-6 .

• Holidays on Florastraße. Children's book . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-522-17832-7 .
• Guys & other disasters . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-522-17974-4 (together with Bianka Minte-König )
• Three friends and the black dog . New edition. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-18016-0

TB and e-book reissues. Edition Gegenwind - Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-4298-8 .

• Oskar and the city animal gang . Illustrations: Matthias Weber. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-17942-3 .
• Antonia doesn't want to be a sneak. Out of line: What would you have done. Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-02792-0 .
• Neles block . Edition Gegenwind - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-8572-5

Children's book series

• Row: The Unbeatable 3

1. Real treasure and fake snake . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-06380-5 .
2. On a frosty trail in the eternal ice . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-06381-2 .
3. Code word Da Vinci . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-06451-2 .
4. Mummies in the drizzle . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-06452-9 .
5. Wild pirates don't eat candy bars . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-401-06594-6 .

Youth books

• Summer rave. Youth novel . Verlag Omnibus, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-570-26006-2 .
• Stay cool. Youth novel . Verlag Omnibus, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-570-26043-7 .
• Post from the future. Adventure novel for teenagers . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-522-17449-6 (later title: Warning from the future )
• Open sky. Youth novel . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-522-17596-4 .
• Akwaaba. A summer in Africa; Youth novel . Thienemann Verlag , Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-522-17755-X .
• Zickt (forbidden for girls). Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-522-17727-6 .
• Girls & Other Disasters . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-522-17956-0 (together with Bianka Minte-König)
• Vampire hunt at Flüsterstein Castle . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-522-17678-2 .
• Warning from the future . Arena-Verlag, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-02638-0 (former title Post from the Future ).
• The Kakapo bird. Children's book . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-17648-4 .
• The world is a bike . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, new edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-18056-6 .

TB and e-book new edition. Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2013, ISBN 978-1-4903-8113-8 .

• Girls & Other Disasters / Boys & Other Disasters . Anthology / filming and turning book, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-522-50083-8 .
• Among friends. Youth novel . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-522-17877-8 .

TB edition: Arena-Verlag, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-401-50087-4 .

New TB and e-book editions: Gegenwind Edition - CreateSpace, North Charleston 2015, ISBN 978-1-5147-4537-3 .

• Christmas in the Florastraße Children's book. New edition Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-18201-0 .
• Left alone . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-02739-5 .

Limited special edition Reading Foundation / Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-401-02759-3 .

Abridged school edition: Left Alone - Easy Readers . Klett 2010, ISBN 978-3-12-675404-0 . (Egmont Denmark, ISBN 978-87-23-90730-1 )

• The zero number youth book. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-18098-6 .

TB and e-book new edition. Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2013, ISBN 978-1-4802-2199-4 .

• Life 2.0. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-522-20032-5 .

under the title: Wrong time, wrong place . TB and e-book new edition. Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2014, ISBN 978-1-5031-4116-2 .

• Party time . Youth book. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-522-20065-3 .
• 1.FC professional footballer. Football novel for teenagers . New edition Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-401-50029-4 .
• Trial course in the robber camp. Children's book, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-522-18169-3 .
• I promise . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-20117-9 .
• Meeting point somewhere . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-401-06678-3 .
• wild @ heart . Edition Gegenwind - Create Space, North Charleston 2015, ISBN 978-1-5172-9560-8 .

Youth book series

• 1st row: Lukas
  • Anthology: Lukas, the full package . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-522-17859-9 (contains the titles: Und Lukas mittendrin and Und Lukas goes England ).

1. And Lukas in the middle. Boys puberty novel . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-522-17348-1 ; TB edition. Carlsen Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-551-35717-5 .
2. And Lukas goes England . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-522-17481-X .
3. And Lukas bitches around . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-522-17573-5 .
4. And Luke alone at home! Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-522-17649-9 .
5. And Lukas goes swimming . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-522-17810-6 .

• Row: The Mosquitoes

1. Welcome to the team. Girls hockey sport . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-50163-7 .
2. Summer in the hockey camp. Girls hockey sport . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-50164-4 .
3. School tournament with obstacles. Girls hockey sport . Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-50220-7 .

Non-fiction

• In the middle. Use instead of wasting energy; Non-fiction . Mann Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-926740-40-X (accompanying the ZDF series in the middle )

Audio books

• The hip-hop project . Radioropa 2007, ISBN 978-3-86667-582-7 .
• The unbeatable 3 - real treasure and fake snake . Igel Records 2011, ISBN 978-3-89353-354-1 .
• The unbeatable 3 - On a frosty trail in the eternal ice . Igel Records 2011, ISBN 978-3-89353-357-2 .
• The unbeatable 3 - code word Da Vinci . Igel Records 2011, ISBN 978-3-89353-372-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maike Albath : How authors publish today - No more permanent contact persons. In: Deutschlandfunk-Kultur broadcast “Lesart - Das Literaturmagazin”. September 7, 2015, accessed on June 24, 2020 (interview with Thomas Fuchs about his life as a “hybrid author”). 

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Fuchs in the catalog of the German National Library
• official homepage