Bernard Werber
Writer
Bernard Werber's "Ants" trilogy of made him one of France's most popular science fiction novelists in the 1990s. Werber began studying journalism in 1982 in Paris, where he discovered the work of sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. From 1983-90 he worked as a journalist for the science magazine Nouvel Observateur (New Observer) while continuing to write fiction on the side. In 1991 he published the novel Les Fourmis (in America, Empire of the Ants), a complex fantasy novel in which ants were the heroes and humans the pesty antagonists. The novel became a cult hit across Europe, and Werber followed it with two other books in the same vein: Le Jour des Fourmis (Day of the Ants,1992) and La Révolution des Fourmis (Revolution of the Ants, 1995). His other books include L'Empire des Anges (Empire of the Angels, 2000) and L'Arbre des possibles (The Tree of Possibles, 2002).Other sci-fi and fantasy authors include Ursula Le Guin, Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert.
Four Good Links
Bernard Werber Site Officiel
With tons of great info in French, and a few tidbits in English
Empire of the Ants
From the American publisher Random House, an introduction to his first novel
Of Bugs and Men
Short author bio from a lecture series at the Library of Congress
The Empire of the Ants
A French fan page for Werber's first novel
Vital Stats
Birth
September 1961
(age 46)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Author of Empire of the Ants
