Gitte Spee (born December 29, 1950,

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), is a Dutch

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of children's books. She studied at the

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, a renowned academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands, and currently works in

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. A number of the books she has illustrated have been translated into English by

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Select English titles

*2015 – ''Detective Gordon: The First Case'', 96pp., (

) *2016 – ''Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case'', 108pp., (Gecko Press) *2017 – ''Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case'', 108pp., (Gecko Press) *2018 – ''Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy'', 112pp., (Gecko Press)

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