René Frauchiger (born 28 July 1981 in Langenthal[1]) is a Swiss writer, editor and teacher.

[2][3] After an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk, he worked as a freelancer for the Berner Zeitung before attending the University of Basel where he studied German language and philosophy.

As an author and editor, he has published a number books, including a literary cookbook, travel guides to Basel and Bern, and several novels.

[4] In 2017, Frauchiger was awarded a grant from the Fachausschuss für Literatur Basel.

[6] He debuted in 2019 with the new weird novel Giants Are Just Big People (German: Riesen sind nur grosse Menschen) published by homunculus verlag [de], followed in 2022 by the novel Ants Find It Difficult to Speak (German: Ameisen fällt das Sprechen schwer) published by Knapp Verlag [de].