Ellen de Bruin

is a writer and a science editor at NRC Handelsbald and nrc.next. She was awarded the Anton Wachter Prize, a bi-yearly award for the best literary debut, for her Onder het ijs (2018). In this novel, about a young climate researcher on a ship in the Artic region, De Bruin combines for the first time her knowledge of the scientific world and her lighthearted, humoristic style of writing with her playful fantasy. Earlier, Ellen de Bruin published three non fiction books:  Vergaderen? Niet doen! (Meeting? Don't do it! 2014), Onsterfelijkheid voor beginners (Immortality for beginners, 2009) en Dutch women don't get depressed (2007).