Kai Meyer ( German: Kai Meyer ) (born July 23, 1969) is a German prose writer best known for his work in the genre of teenage fantasy . His works have been translated into 30 languages, including English, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Chinese [2] . In Germany, the total circulation of Mayer's books exceeded 1.5 million copies [3] . Based on the historical novel “Das Gelübde” by Dominic Graf, a film of the same name was shot in 2007 [4] .
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| Birth name | Kai meyer |
| Date of Birth | July 23, 1969 (50 years old) |
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| Occupation | prose writer |
| Years of creativity | 1993 to the present time |
| Genre | fantasy |
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| kai-meyer.de | |
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Biography
Born in the city of Lubeck July 23, 1969, however, his childhood passed in the Rhine region . In 1988, after graduating from school, he devoted some time to studying philosophy, cinema and theater at the Ruhr University College, then left school and got into the newspaper as a trainee journalist. A year later, he became a full-time journalist, having worked in this capacity for another two years. Mayer's first book was published when he was 24, and since 1995 he has been fully committed to his writing career. Currently, the writer is the author of more than 50 books, as well as comics and television scripts [3] .
Bibliography
Several Mayer novels were originally published under the pseudonym Alexander Nix, but were later reprinted under his real name. The bibliography of the writer includes eleven book cycles and a number of separate works [5] .
Brüder Grimm
- Die Geisterseher. Rütten & Loening 1995
- Die Winterprinzessin. Rütten & Loening 1997
Doktor Faustus
- Der Engelspakt. ATB 1996
- Der Traumvater. ATB 1996
- Die Engelskrieger. Heyne 2000
Nibelungengold
- Nibelungengold. Heyne 2001 (under one cover)
- Der Rabengott. Econ 1997 (under a pseudonym)
- Das Drachenlied. Econ 1997 (under a pseudonym)
- Der Zwergenkrieg. Econ 1997 (under a pseudonym)
- Die Hexenkönigin. Econ 1997 (under a pseudonym)
Daughter of the Alchemist = Die Alchimistin
- Daughter of the Alchemist = Die Alchimistin. Heyne 1998 (redesigned in 2011)
- Die Unsterbliche. Heyne 2001 (redesigned in 2011)
- Die Gebannte. Heyne 2012
Merle = Die Trilogie um Merle
- Merle and the Stone Lion = Die fließende Königin. Loewe 2001
- Merle and the Lord of the Underworld = Das steinerne Licht. Loewe 2002
- Merle and the glass word = Das gläserne Wort. Loewe 2002
Secrets of the Caribbean = Wellenläufer-Trilogie
- Under the Jolly Roger = Die Wellenläufer. Loewe 2003
- In the pirate abyss = Die Muschelmagier. Loewe 2004
- Die Wasserweber. Loewe 2004
Das Wolkenvolk
- Seide und Schwert. Loewe 2006
- Lanze und Licht. Loewe 2007
- Drache und Diamant. Loewe 2007
Die Sturmkönige
- Dschinnland. Lübbe 2008
- Wunschkrieg. Lübbe 2009
- Glutsand. Lübbe 2009
Arkadien
- Arkadien erwacht. Carlsen 2009
- Arkadien brennt. Carlsen 2010
- Arkadien fällt. Carlsen 2011
Librarian Time = Die Seiten der Welt
- Start of Path = Die Seiten der Welt , Fischer FJB 2014
- Die Seiten der Welt - Nachtland , Fischer FJB 2015
- Die Seiten der Welt - Blutbuch, Fischer FJB 2016
Seven Seals = Die Sieben Siegel
- Beyond the Millennium = Jenseits des Jahrtausends. Loewe 1999
- Return of the Witch-Lord = Die Rückkehr des Hexenmeisters. Loewe 1999
- Black Stork = Der schwarze Storch. Loewe 1999
- Catacomb Damiano = Die Katakomben des Damiano. Loewe 1999
- Thorns = Der Dornenmann. Loewe 1999
- Angel of Shadow = Schattenengel. Loewe 2000
- Scarecrow Night = Die Nacht der lebenden Scheuchen. Loewe 2000
- Dämonen der Tiefe. Loewe 2000
- Teuflisches Halloween. Loewe 2000
- Tor zwischen den Welten. Loewe 2001
- Mondwanderer. Loewe 2002
Single novels
- Der Kreuzworträtsel-Mörder. Lübbe 1993
- Schweigenetz. Lübbe 1994
- Der Rattenzauber. Rütten und Loening 1995
- Der Schattenesser. Rütten und Loening 1996 (revised edition: Blitz 2016)
- Hex. Econ 1997
- Giebelschatten. Metzengerstein 1998 (short stories; revised edition: Mythopolis 2012)
- Das Gelübde. Heyne 1998
- Loreley Econ 1998 (under a pseudonym; as Kai Mayer: Heyne 2001; revised edition: Blitz 2016)
- Desert Goddess = Göttin der Wüste, Heyne 1999 (revised edition: Blitz 2014)
- Das Haus des Daedalus , Heyne 2000 (reissued under Die Vatikanverschwörung: Heyne 2005)
- Das zweite Gesicht. Heyne 2002 (revised edition: Blitz 2012)
- Das Buch von Eden. Lübbe 2004
- Frostfeuer. Loewe 2005
- Herrin der Lüge. Lübbe 2006
- Asche und Phönix. Carlsen 2012
- Phantasmen. Carlsen 2014
- Die Krone der Sterne. Fischer Tor 2017
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 115719156 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Kai Meyer , HarperCollins Publishing Website.
- ↑ 1 2 Biography of the author on the website of the online publication .
- ↑ Das Gelübde on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Writer profile on the Fantasy Lab website.