(Amsterdam, NL, 1963) studied Dutch language and literature in Amsterdam. He writes reviews, interviews, columns and obituaries, and heads the books section of De Volkskrant newspaper. In 2011 he published Eindelijk Sneeuw (Snow at Last: twelve wintry stories about artists, writers, and books, from Willem Witsen's cityscapes to the tears of Mrs. Dickens). Exerpts from his reviews and interviews were published in the books Langzaam lopen is al verdacht (Walking Slowly is Suspicious, 1999), De ongeneeslijke lezer – een werkboek (The Incurable Reader: a workbook, 2002), Het woord is aan de schrijver (The Writer Has the Floor, 2005), and De Broodschrijver (The Hack, 2006), about Bart Chabot's biography of Herman Brood. In 2012 he published Kreten uit een urn (Cries from an Urn), a lecture on the role of the critic in our time. His text "Naar boven mit Brakman" ("Up With Brakman") accompanied the 2015 unveiling of the Brakman monument in Enschede.

(1973) won the Bronze Owl for Muidhond in October 2015. This debut novel about a young pedophile named Jonathan received many four- and five-star reviews in the press. The protagonist is acquitted of a sexual offence with a child due to insufficient evidence. He moves in with his asthmatic, religious mother, determined to stay on a righteous path. He diligently does the exercises prescribed by a prison psychologist in preparation for rehabilitation treatment. But then he meets the ten-year-old girl next door, who keeps seeking out his company... "Inge Schilperoord is stylistically strong and writes with empathy but also with control. The story is both cruel and beautiful," wrote Elsevier magazine. English, Italian and French translation rights have since been sold. Schilperoord works as a forensic psychologist at the Pieter Baan Centrum and other institutions, and writes for NRC Handelsblad as well as Psychologie and Crossing Border magazines.