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Thomas Olde Heuvelt

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Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1983-04-16 （Nijmegen）
Nationality
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch, English
Residence History
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
2002-2024
Affiliations
Luitingh-Sijthoff
Influenced By
Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Jonathan Safran Foer, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Neil Gaiman, Yann Martel
Nominations
Hugo Award for Best Novelette 2013 (The Boy Who Cast No Shadow), Hugo Award for Best Short Story 2014 (The Ink Readers of Doi Saket), World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction 2014 (The Ink Readers of Doi Saket)

Education

Radboud University Nijmegen
English and American literature
Period: 不明
Country: Netherlands
University of Ottawa
English and American literature
Period: 半年間
Country: Canada
Studied for half a year

Awards

Paul Harland Prize
2005
Work: De kronieken van een weduwnaar
Category: Debut Prize
Organization: Paul Harland Prize committee
Result: Winner
Paul Harland Prize
2009
Work: The Boy Who Cast No Shadow (Dutch version)
Organization: Paul Harland Prize committee
Result: Winner
Paul Harland Prize
2012
Work: Fishbowl Universe (Dutch version)
Organization: Paul Harland Prize committee
Result: Winner
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
2015
Work: The Day the World Turned Upside Down
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

HEX

2013 Horror

A horror novel about a town in upstate New York held prisoner by a wicked witch

CurseIsolationTerror
Translations
  • English edition (Tor Books, 2016)

Bibliography

  • De Onvoorziene (2002)
  • PhantasAmnesia (2004)
  • Leerling Tovenaar Vader & Zoon (2008)
  • Harten Sara (2011)
  • HEX (2016)
  • Echo (2022)
  • Oracle (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Magic realismHorrorSatire
Recurring Motifs
Grim and dark fictionUncanny elements

Legacy

Dutch horror writer known for winning the Hugo Award. Praised by Stephen King as 'totally, brilliantly original'.