Bernd Flessner (Dr. phil.) works as a futurologist at the Competence Center for Interdisciplinary Science Reflection (ZiWiS) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He is also on the scientific advisory board of the Deutsches Museum for the Museum of the Future in Nuremberg, where he moderates the regular “Zukunftsplausch” talk show.

As a science journalist and essayist, he writes for Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Kursbuch, Nürnberger Nachrichten, Kultur & Technik, Archiv – Magazin für Kommunikationsgeschichte, Focus, Mare – Zeitschrift der Meere, Schweizer Monat, WDR, BR, among others.

As an author, he writes crime novels, short stories, travel guides, non-fiction and science fiction as well as books for children and young people. Frag doch mal die Maus (cbj) and the series Der kleine Major Tom (tessloff) are bestsellers. Together with Dietrich Grönemeyer, he is currently rewriting The Little Medicus. In spring, Carlsen will launch his new series Robot Kids (together with his daughter Hannah).

Published by Rowohlt, Suhrkamp, Rombach, SKN, Beltz & Gelberg, Gunther Narr, Ravensburger, Peter Lang, Königshausen & Neumann, Leda-Verlag, Ph. C.W. Schmidt, Böhlau, Ars vivendi, tessloff, Franck-Kosmos, Gmeiner, Emons, BLV, Brockhaus, transcript, Carlsen etc.

Some of his works have been translated into six languages.