Eschbach studied
aerospace engineering at the
University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. His first professional publication was the short story
Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine ''
C't''. His first novel was published in 1995. Nine of his novels have won the
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. Four of his novels have won the
Deutscher Science Fiction Preis. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Serbian,
Polish,
Turkish, Japanese and Portuguese. In 2002, his novel
Jesus Video was adapted for German television. In 2003, his novel
Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio. His only novels translated into English were
Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as
The Carpet Makers,
Herr aller Dinge, published in 2014 as
Lord of All Things, and
Perry Rhodan 0 -- Das größte Abenteuer:Roman, in 2023 as
Perry Rhodan 0 -- The Greatest Adventure: Novel. ==Bibliography==