Volker Ferkau
Volker Ferkau (* 1955 ) is a German author . He left Germany in 2013 and has lived in Spain ever since.
Life
Besides being a musician, employees of a marketing and advertising agency, Volker Ferkau dime novel published in Bastei ( midnight novel , Maddrax , Sternenfaust ) and dime novel and short stories in the wine-Verlag (Spuklicht, gaslight and Wisp ) under a pseudonym.
He began writing as a teenager and published stories in the weekend supplements of daily newspapers, some of which he illustrated himself. He wrote a paperback novel for Fabylon Verlag .
Since 2010, the novels of the series Volker Ferkaus Mythenland, conceived and written by Ferkau, have been appearing at long intervals . From May 4, 2010, the Murgon cycle appeared monthly . Each of the five novels comprised 384 pages. Since the end of April 2012, the Sharkan cycle , comprising eleven novels, has been published fortnightly , as booklet novels of 60 pages each. All Mythenland novels were published by Kelter-Verlag.
music
Volker Ferkau is a multi-instrumentalist ( guitar , harmonica , keyboard , drums ) and producer . Together with guitarist Fred Primas he recorded the CD Diablo Suite under the band name Baldhead in 1999 . The 30-minute title track combines prog rock with influences from Tangerine Dream , The Who and U2 . Ferkau released the CD Moon (solo) under the name Egghead in 2001 and the CD Hurt (with guest musicians) in 2005 . All CDs were also produced by him.
Works
Books
- 2008: On the Edge of Hope. (Volume 5 of the fantasy cycle SunQuest , together with Michael Marcus Thurner ), Fabylon Verlag, Markt Rettenbach. ISBN 978-3-927071-21-6
Notebooks and pocket books
- Star Fist : No. 118: Price of Violence , No. 121: Path into the Unknown , No. 126: Mutiny on the Star Fist , No. 133: The Fight for Lor El's Eye , No. 143: Loodoon , No. 144: Guardian of the Kristariums
- Maddrax : No. 232: Hellish Paradise , No. 244: The Dark Dream , No. 252: The Horrors of Medusa
- Mythenland , all issues, some with co-author
- various romantic thrillers at Bastei-Verlag and Kelter Verlag under the pseudonym Valerie Fayne
Web links
- Literature by and about Volker Ferkau in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Aveleen Avide: Interview with Volker Ferkau. (No longer available online.) June 22, 2013, archived from the original on February 27, 2014 ; accessed on March 20, 2014 : “ Volker Ferkau: I play guitar, keyboard instruments, drums, harmonica and some wind instruments. Music has been with me all my life, sometimes classical, but since I was 17, mostly rock music. […] Aveleen Avide: You also played in different bands. 'Baldhead', 'Egghead'. Where were your appearances [...]? Volker Ferkau: Strictly speaking, these bands were my solo projects, so technically I was never able to perform live. […] “ 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferkau, Volker |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fayne, Valerie (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German science fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |