{{Short description|German author and translator}} {{Infobox person | name = Andreas Brandhorst | image = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Sielhorst, [[Rahden]], Germany | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Translator and author | years_active = | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = }} '''Andreas Brandhorst''' (born 26 May 1956) is a [[translation|translator]] (English to German) and author of [[Fantasy literature|fantasy]] and [[science fiction]].<ref name = pcouch>{{cite web | url= https://www.phantastik-couch.de/andreas-brandhorst.html | title= Andreas Brandhorst| language = de| website = phantastik-couch.de| publisher = | date =| accessdate =}}</ref> In addition to writing under his own name, he uses the pseudonyms Thomas Lockwood and Andreas Weiler.

==Early life, family and education== {{expand-section |date = September 2024}}

Andreas Brandhorst was born in Sielhorst,<ref name = pcouch /> [[Rahden]], [[Germany]].

==Career == His short story "Die Planktonfischer" won the [[Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis]] in 1983. {{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Selected works== Kantaki series

Diamant-Trilogie *Diamant (2004) *Der Metamorph (2004) *Der Zeitkrieg (2005)

Graken trilogy *Feuervögel (2006) *Feuerstürme (2007) *Feuerträume (2008)

Im-Zeichen-der-Feuerstraße-trilogy

*Dürre (1988) *Flut (1988) *Eis (1988)

Other novels *Der Netzparasit (1983) *Schatten des Ichs (1983) *Die Sirenen von Kalypso (1983, as by Andreas Werning) *In den Städten, in den Tempeln (1984, with Horst Pukallus) *Mondsturmzeit (1984) *Verschwörung auf Gilgam (1984) *Das eherne Schwert (1985) *Planet der wandernden Berge (1985) *Die Macht der Träume (1991) *Exodus der Generationen (2004) - *[[Perry Rhodan]] - Lemuria 3 *Die Trümmersphäre (2005) - Perry Rhodan - Pan-Thau-Ra 2 *Äon (2009)

==Secondary literature==

Alexander Seibold: "Wenn das Eigenleben der Figuren der Story schadet, greife ich ein" in Sascha Mamczak, [[Wolfgang Jeschke]] (eds.): ''Das Science Fiction Jahr 2008''. Heyne, München 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-453-52436-1}}. pp.&nbsp;543–558.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{isfdb name|id=Andreas_Brandhorst|name=Andreas Brandhorst}}

{{Authority control}} {{Kurd Laßwitz Award Best Novel}}

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