Thorsten Schatz

Author Thorsten Schatz

Thorsten Schatz (born December 22, 1968 in Bad Harzburg ) is a German journalist and author .

Life

During his studies of literature and history, Schatz dealt extensively with youth cultures and their music. He lectured on this subject and a. at the Media Generations Symposium at the University of Hamburg and in the Historical Museum Hanover.

In the late 1990s, Schatz turned to journalism and now writes articles for kult! , the Jazz Podium , tonart (music magazine in Deutsches Ärzteblatt ), the plus magazine , The German Times and various other media. There are also books on cultural phenomena such as Star Wars ( Star Wars in 60 minutes ) or The Lord of the Rings ( Tolkien in 60 minutes ) and many biographies by artists from the pop world . These include books about Genesis , David Garrett , Tokio Hotel (No. 1 on the paperback bestseller list (non-fiction) on July 7, 2006), Shakira , Lena Meyer-Landrut , James Blunt , Justin Bieber , Unheilig , Jan Delay . The author also writes texts and books for children and teenagers such as What You Always Wanted to Know About Pop Music and the Pet Guide Buy me a Krodkodile .

Thorsten Schatz lives in Hanover.

Works (selection)

• Star Wars in 60 minutes , Munich / Vienna, Thiele Verlag, October 2014
• Tolkien in 60 minutes , Munich / Vienna, Thiele Verlag, October 2013 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck )
• Cro - Easy to Success: The unofficial biography , Bonn, Heel Verlag, December 2012 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck )
• Jan Delay: The biography. Munich, Heyne Verlag, December 2011 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Unholy: The Count and his world. Cologne, Bastei Lübbe, November 2011 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• David Garrett: The rebel with the violin. Munich, Droemer Knaur, 2010 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Lena. Just get out and live. Munich, Heyne, 2010 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Shakira - The Biography. Innsbruck, Hannibal, 2009 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Buy me a crocodile! Berlin, Bloomsbury, 2008 (with Monika Schatz, Thomas Duffé)
• Now and us. Munich, Droemer Knaur, June 2008 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• High - The James Blunt Story. Berlin, Bosworth, December 2007 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• LaFee - the first time. Munich, Droemer Knaur, 2007 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Everything you always wanted to know about pop music. Berlin, Bloomsbury, 2007 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Genesis. 40 years of rock history. Königswinter, Heel Verlag, 2007 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)
• Tokio Hotel. As loud as you can. Munich, Blanvalet, 2006 (with Michael Fuchs-Gamböck)

Web links

• Literature by and about Thorsten Schatz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Thorsten Schatz