Auteur en vertaler Maria Postema is haar hele leven al in de ban van boeken en verhalen. Na haar studies Engels en Film- en Televisiewetenschappen werd ze in korte tijd één van Nederlands bekendste YA…
Ellen Raskin was a writer, illustrator, and designer. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She primarily wrote for children. She received the 1979 Newbery Med…
Guus Kuijer is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the “Madelief” series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult liter…
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, (1907 - 2002) was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 count…
Thea Beckman (1923-2004) was born in Rotterdam. She began writing in 1947, but it was not until her children were grown that she devoted herself to writing full time. Crusade in Jeans was first publis…
Jo Nesbø is a bestselling Norwegian author and musician. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in economics. Nesbø is primarily…
Thomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is the international bestselling author of HEX. The much-praised novel was published in over twenty-five countries around the world and is currently in development for TV by…
Rob Ruggenberg werd op 14 juli 1946 geboren in Wassenaar, aan de Noordzeekust. Zijn vader was conducteur-bestuurder bij de Gele Tram, die reed tussen Den Haag en Leiden.
AKA: Lucinda Edmonds Lucinda Riley was born in Northern Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been tran…
Enne Koens schrijft drama, proza en liedjes. Theater schreef ze onder andere voor theatergroep Artemis, theatergroep Max, De Toneelmakerij en het Gasthuis. Ook vulde ze twee zomers de Studio 7 tent op…
James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successf…
I've been writing since 2004, and have written more than 40 books to date (april 2021), with some titles having been translated en published in countries around the world. Writing is not just my passi…
Yorick Goldewijk schreef eerder o.a. Films die nergens draaien, waarvoor hij de Gouden Griffel won. De Engelse vertaling van dit boek werd uitgeroepen tot Times Children's Book of the Year.
Julia Kelly has been longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Prize, the Exeter Novel Prize, PenguinWriteNow, and the Bath Novel Award. In 2021 she won the Blue Pencil First Novel Award. Having grown up in a …
