Rainer M. Schröder

Rainer Maria Schröder (born 3 January 1951 in Rostock) is a German author of adventure fiction for juveniles, mystery thrillers and historical novels for adults.

Rainer Maria Schröder received the Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Preis for his historical novel Abby Lynn – Verbannt ans Ende der Welt in 1988.

The works of Rainer Maria Schröder have been translated into more than a dozen languages, among them French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Slovakian, Latvian, Dutch, Japanese and Russian.

After the publishing house Franz Schneider Verlag bought his first juvenile novel In die Falle gelaufen in 1975, Schröder dropped out of university.

Schröder, who is friends with the band, accompanied them on tours in France, England and California and spent several weeks in the recording studio with them.

An exception are his novels set in and around World War II, such as Die lange Reise des Jakob Stern.