Judith C. Vogt

Judith C. Vogt, born 1981 in , Düren, is a German author of fantasy, feminist and queer science fiction, young adult literature and historical novels. She is also a role-playing game developer.

Biography After graduating from secondary school, Judith C. Vogt completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and then worked as a bookseller for several years.

Her first novel, Im Schatten der Essen, was published in 2011 as part of the Aventurien-Romane series. Other books set in the world of the fictional continent of have been published by Fantasy Productions and . Her trilogy of children's books Die Geister des Landes was published in 2012.

A game developer, she first wrote adventures and source code for The Dark Eye. Eis & Dampf, Scherbenland and Aces in Space are independent role-playing settings for Fate (role-playing game system). Scherbenland received the German Roleplaying Game Award 2018.

Die zerbrochene Puppe was awarded the 2013 in the main category Best German-language novel. Coinciding with the novel's nomination, the first German anthology of short stories to be crowdfunded, Eis und Dampf, was produced in collaboration with Feder & Schwert and 10 other authors. Vogt has also taken over the publication of an anthology on the 1200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne. She was publisher and editor of Roll Inclusive - Diversity und Repräsentation im Pen&Paper-Rollenspiel.

Together with her husband, Judith C. Vogt is one of the 13 founding members of the (PAN). In February 2020, the two announced their departure from the network to denounce its racism.

She lives in Aachen and also works as a translator and journalist. Together with Lena Richter, she runs the nerd culture and role-playing podcast Genderswapped. Together with Lena Richter and Kathrin Dodenhoeft [de], she publishes the quarterly queer and feminist fantasy magazine Queer*Welten.

Analysis of her works Her novels are part of a progressive literature: she features heroines who can be black or trans women, and the heroes always have, alongside their superpowers, burdens linked to a traumatic past.

Her writing is also part of what has been described as hopepunk, as opposed to the dark, pessimistic dystopian genre known as grimdark. Judith C. Vogt and Christian Vogt probably published the first hopepunk novel, Wasteland,

Awards and nominations 2013: for Die zerbrochene Puppe (with Christian Vogt). 2014: for (with Christian Vogt). 2016: Nominated for the for (avec Christian Vogt). 2018: Jury award during the in the accessories category for , 2019: Shortlisted for le for Roma Nova 2019: Nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz Award for Roma Nova (5th place) 2020: Nominated for the for Wasteland (with Christian Vogt).

Works (selection)

Role-playing novels The Dark Eye (DSA)

Eis und Dampf (with Christian Vogt)

Splittermond

Historical novels

Fantasy novels Die 13 Gezeichneten (with Christian Vogt)

Die Geister des Landes

Science fiction novels Standalone novels

Role plays

Collaborations