Hans Joachim Alpers (14 July 1943 – 16 February 2011[1]) was a German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy.
Together with Werner Fuchs and Ulrich Kiesow he founded Fantasy Productions, which became one of the premier German RPG- and board game producers and retailers.
[2] As a writer he used several pseudonyms including Jürgen Andreas, Thorn Forrester, Daniel Herbst, Gregory Kern, Mischa Morrison, P.T.
He also co-wrote a six-volume series of young-adult SF with Ronald M. Hahn Das Raumschiff der Kinder (translates as "The Children's Spaceship").
Anthologies included Science Fiction aus Deutschland: 24 Stories von 20 Autoren[4] (1974).