(Doetinchem, NL, 1958) is a highly versatile writer who constantly changes up his work. Sometimes his tone is serious, as in Schaduwkind (Shadow Child, 2003), about the death of his young daughter. This bestseller was translated into more than fifteen languages. In 2009's  J. Kessels, The Novel he channels an altogether different voice. A semi-parody of the hard-boiled crime novel, it features one of Thomése’s favourite recurring characters, J. Kessels, living it up a he smokes cigarettes and devours deep-fried meatballs. The book was made into a film in 2015, starring Frank Lammers and Fedja van Huêt. De onderwaterzwemmer (The Underwater Swimmer, 2015) about the life Tin, who as a child loses his father on a dark night in wartime, shows that only man himself can alter his destiny. In 1991 Thomése won the AKO Literature Prize for Zuidland (Southland), and in 2012, the Bob den Uyl Prize for Grillroom Jeruzalem.

(Belgium, 1964) is a highly successful writer of children's books, while also writing essays and novels for adults. She has won many literary prizes and her work has been translated into eighteen languages. After her studies she left for the US where she wrote her first book, which was translated into six languages. Her novel Vallen (1994) was adapted for the screen and translated into eleven languages. In this children's book a mother doesn't mention her father's 'bad' war past to her son. The son however falls under the spell of a neo-Nazi and granddad's history seems to repeat itself. Provoost's novel De Arkvaarders (2001), based on the biblical story of Noah, has been translated into many languages. On the occasion of this book she debated online with among others Toni Morrison and Orhan Pamuk on PEN World Voices in New York, organised by Salman Rushdie, on 'religion and reason'. In 2014 her new novel will be published on the Huguenots who landed at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century.

(The Netherlands, 1970) is a presenter, producer, actor and voice-over artist specializing in music, literature, arts and culture. After graduating as actor from the Toneelschool Amsterdam he was a member, among others, of the ensemble of the Nationale Toneel. He was a presenter at Amsterdam-based broadcaster AT5 and a radio producer with the KRO on national network NPO Radio 1. He narrates audio books, and was shortlisted for the Storytel Award 2019 for Best Audio Book with his reading of Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's novel Grand Hotel Europa. Until last year, he presented on radio station Sublime the daily morning show Sublime Sunrise, the Instagram poetry programme Sublime Smooth and evening show The Sublime Experience. In 2025 he wrote and hosted the tv-series Kringlopen met Francis on regional Dutch broadcaster NH. Broekhuijsen works for Writers Unlimited as festival curator and presenter.

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