Matthijs Meeuwsen

(1984) worked as a travel journalist on all seven continents. He now prefers to write for children and about nature, including for National Geographic Junior and Wild van Freek. He lives near the sea and is fascinated by everything that lives underwater. In Een slijmzoen voor je oma (A slime kiss for your grandma, 2023) - his first children's book - he and illustrator Paco Vink portray 37 unknown sea creatures that would deserve to become world-famous. The book won a Zilveren Griffel and was the only non-fiction children's book among the six nominees for the Woutertje Pieterse Prize. In 2024, Matthijs published, also with illustrations by Paco, Wij zijn de nacht: de tofste dieren van het donker (We are the night: the coolest animals of the dark).