Phillip P. Peterson

Phillip P. Peterson (officially Peter Bourauel, born 2 March 1977 in Waldbröl) is a German science fiction author and engineer.

Life Phillip P. Peterson studied aeronautics in Aachen until 2003, absolved his Master's studies in Nuclear Applications and worked at the German nuclear reactor Jülich 2 until 2006. His doctoral thesis about radiation damage at ITER was completed in 2010, after which he went into research at RWTH Aachen University. From 2012 until 2014, he worked in the management of observation systems of Earth for the German Aerospace Center. But some of his novels are also published by publishing companies like Bastei Lübbe and Tor Books.

Phillip P. Peterson lives in Eitorf and is married with a son.

Awards

2016: Kindle Storyteller Award for Paradox. 2016: Third place at the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for Paradox. 2021: Third place at the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for Vakuum. 2024: Fifth place at the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for Janus.