Theresa Hannig (born 21 June 1984) is a German science fiction author.
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| Born | 21 June 1984 (age 40) Munich |
| Genre | Science fiction |
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Biography
editHannig was born in Munich on 21 June 1984 though she was raised in Kottgeisering and Fürstenfeldbruck. Hannig attended the University of Munich where she studied Political Science and went on to a varied career in software development, project management and as a lighting designer. She is married with two children. In 2016 her then unpublished novel Die Optimierer was awarded the first Stefan Lübbe Prize.[1][2][3] This led to a publishing contract and her novel won the Seraph Award for Speculative Fiction in 2018 for the best debut novel.[4][2] The sequel was published in 2019. Hannig has a mystery thriller published in 2021.[5][6]
Hannig's work deals with data protection, basic income and automation. She gives talks on science fiction and digitization. She led a petition to increasing visibility of women and non-binary people on the German Wikipedia.[7][8][9]
Works
edit- Die Optimierer Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2017. ISBN 9783404208876
- Die Unvollkommenen Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2019. ISBN 9783404209477
- König und Meister Edition Roter Drache, 2021. ISBN 9783968150147
Sources
edit- ^ "Zweifache Mutter schreibt Science-Fiction-Roman". merkur (in German). 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Theresa Hannig". PAN - Phantastik Autoren Netzwerk (in German).
- ^ "Theresa Hannig ist die erste Gewinnerin des Stefan-Lübbe-Preises". www.luebbe.de.
- ^ "Science-Fiction im Aufwind – Phantastische Akademie präsentiert die Siegertitel des SERAPH 2018 – Phantastische Akademie e. V." (in German).
- ^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (26 June 2019). "Düstere Vision". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
- ^ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (4 March 2021). "Von der Dystopie zur Realität". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
- ^ "Wie könnten Produkte von morgen aussehen?". www.mannheim.dhbw.de (in German).
- ^ "Phantastische Szenarios für die Buchbranche". buchreport (in German). 9 October 2019.
- ^ Giessler, Denis (15 January 2021). "Wikipedia wird 20 Jahre alt: Ungleich verteiltes Wissen". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German).
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