Miriam Bouwens is an illustrator. She lives and works in Amsterdam, but also likes to be in nature. The colours, shapes and patterns of nature are reflected in her illustrations, which are often dreamlike and atmospheric. She works analogue and

Tamara Bos writes children’s books, film and television scripts, song lyrics and poems. She wrote both the books and film scripts for Winky’s Horse and Romy’s Hair Salon, among others. Her book Daddy, Can You Hear Me? received an honourable

Author Afran Groenewoud was co-creator of political talk show Politieke Junkies (Political Junkies) and editor-in-chief of newspaper Krant van de Aarde (Newspaper of the Earth). Smelly Farts is his first children’s book. Tjarko van der Pol works for NRC Handelsblad, De

Bette Westera has an unparalleled ability to put light-hearted and not-so-lighthearted themes into words for toddlers and pre-school children. Her books have won many awards, including a Golden Slate Pencil (Gouden Griffel for Dead Normal) and the Golden Poetry Medal.

Stefan Buijsman graduated in philosophy from Leiden University at the age of eighteen. At the age of twenty he obtained his PhD in Sweden with a thesis on how people acquire mathematical knowledge. In Stockholm, he continues to work in

Gemma Venhuizen is a physical geographer and freelance science journalist who writes for publications such as NRC Handelsblad and Vroege Vogels (Early Birds). Previously she wrote four books for adults. Creepy Crawlies is her first book for children.  

Sterrin Smallbrugge is an ecologist and herpetologist and graduated with honours from Wageningen University. She researches reptiles in and outside of the Netherlands and appeared in De Grote Reptielenshow (The Big Reptile Show). She worked behind the scenes of Freek

Victor Spoormaker gained his PhD from the University of Utrecht in 2005, on the topic of nightmares. He works at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich and is the author of a number of books and websites about

Marian De Smet (born 1976) is a nursery school teacher with an itch to write. The children inspired her to create a series of picture books but she has also written longer stories. Her first children’s book, The Words of

Alice Hoogstad has been drawing since childhood. After secondary school, it was therefore a logical step to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. She has illustrated children’s books for years. In 2015 she received the Golden Paintbrush award