Rainer M. Schröder

}} Rainer Maria Schröder (born 3 January 1951 in Rostock) is a German author known for adventure fiction for juveniles, mystery thrillers, and historical novels for adults. He also writes under the pseudonyms Ashley Carrington and Raymond M. Sheridan.

Schröder's books have sold over six million copies to date. In 1988, he received the Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Preis for his historical novel ''Abby Lynn – Verbannt ans Ende der Welt''. A decade later, the Federal Agency for Civic Education named his novel ''Unter dem Jacarandabaum'' one of the "100 Novels Most Worth Reading" of 20th-century world literature. That same year, he was awarded the 3rd International Eifel-Literaturpreis for ''Das Geheimnis der weißen Mönche''. In 2003, his novel ''Das Geheimnis des Kartenmachers'' earned both the Literature Award from the Youth Book Jury Moers and the distinction of "Book of the Month" by the Youth Book Committee Göttingen. He received the prestigious Buxtehude Bull youth literature award in 2005 for ''Die Lagune der Galeeren''.

Schröder's works have been translated into more than a dozen languages, including French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Dutch, Japanese, and Russian. Provided by Wikipedia