Laurence Suhner
Laurence Suhner (born 1 May 1968) is a Swiss science fiction writer and graphic artist. She published several graphic novels in the 1980s and 2000s, and started writing prose science fiction in 2006. Her first novel, the hard SF planetary romance Vestiges, was published in 2012.
Laurence Suhner

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- Laurence Suhner
- Birthplace
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Born
- 1966 · Geneva.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- comics artist · writer
- Honours
- Bob Morane award for best French-language novel
- Languages
- French
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Laurence Suhner (born 1 May 1968) is a Swiss science fiction writer and graphic artist. She published several graphic novels in the 1980s and 2000s, and started writing prose science fiction in 2006. Her first novel, the hard SF planetary romance Vestiges, was published in 2012.
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It received the 2013 Futuriales Révélation Adulte award, as well as the 2013 Prix Bob Morane for best French language novel. The novel is the first of the QuanTika trilogy, of which the second volume, L'ouvreur des chemins, was published in 2013 and the third, Origines, in 2015. Suhner teaches creative writing at the University of Geneva.

photograph taken at the 2014 edition of the "Utopiales" in Nantes.
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• Name — Laurence Suhner • Birthplace — Geneva, Switzerland • Language — French • Genre — Science fiction • Website — suhner.net
Novels
Novels
• QuanTika trilogy # # #
Novellas
Novellas
• 2017: The Perfect Chord, translated by Sheryl Curtis, in: Anomaly 25 • 2010: Homéostasie, in Dimension Suisse: une anthologie de science-fiction romande, Rivière Blanche, 2010. • 2009: Timhkâ, in: Galaxies nouvelle série n° 4/46, GALAXIES 3A, April 2009 • 2006: GeneV 2106, in La Tribune de Genève, Numéro spécial science-fiction suisse, 2006.
Comics
Comics
• 2007: Confidences, writer and artist, in Mes Semblables, ouvrage Collectif, published by ACOR SOS Racisme Suisse • 2007: Le Chaman, writer and artist, in Virus • 2006: Eclipse, artist, in Pompiers volontaires • 2004: Dame Jeanne, writer and artist, in La Vie en Verre • 2002: Le Secret de Chimneys, artist, published by Emmanuel Proust; an adaptation of The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie • 2000: Éclats d'Âme, artist, published by Drozophile • 1987: Zoto Zata ou la statue perdue, published by Ed. Jean-Marie Bouchain. • 1984: Rastapanique, published by Ed. Jean-Marie Bouchain.
Short stories
Short stories
• 2017: "The terminator", published in Nature
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1966
Laurence Suhner born at Geneva.
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- 1.Duplan, Antoine. Laurence Suhner entonne un raga quantique. Le Temps. 26 July 2012.
- 2.Et voici les lauréats 2013 !. Futuriales.
- 3.12/01/2014. Prix Bob Morane.
- 4.Suhner, Laurence. The terminator. Nature. 542. 7642. 512. 2017-02-22. 10.1038/542512a.
- 5.Laurence Suhner, dans le froid des étoiles.
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Laurence Suhner is recorded as having received Bob Morane award for best French-language novel.
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