Wytske Versteeg

(1983) published the novels Grime, Quarantaine, Boy, De Wezenlozen and the non-fiction study Dit is geen dakloze (This is Not a Homeless Person). She graduated cum laude in 2005 as political scientist and is currently connected to the Urban Futures Studio, University of Utrecht. NRC wrote about Quarantaine: “With her third novel Wytske Versteeg proves she is one of the best authors of her generation regarding composition, subtlety, expressiveness and certainly style." Boy won the BNG Literatuurprijs; De Wezenlozen (2012) won the VrouwDebuutprijs and was longlisted for the AKO Literatuurprijs. Versteeg published in, among others newspaper NRC Handelsblad and magazines Vrij Nederland, De Correspondent and Opzij. Her works were translated in six languages.