Thomas Olde Heuvelt (born 16 April 1983) is a Dutch horror writer. His short stories have received the
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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, the Dutch Paul Harland Prize, and have been nominated for two additional
Hugo Awards
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and a
World Fantasy Award
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.
Early life and influences
Olde Heuvelt was born in
Nijmegen
Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...
, Netherlands. He studied English and American literature at the
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...
and at the
University of Ottawa
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in Canada, where he lived for half a year. In many interviews, he recalls that the literary heroes of his childhood were
Roald Dahl
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and
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
, who created in him a love for grim and dark fiction. He later discovered the works of a wider range of contemporary writers such as
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works ''Eatin ...
,
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Carlos Ruiz Zafón (; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel ''La sombra del viento'' ('' The Shadow of the Wind'').
Biography
Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona. His grandparents had worked in a fa ...
,
Neil Gaiman
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, and
Yann Martel
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, whom he calls his greatest influences.
Career
Olde Heuvelt wrote his debut novel, ''De Onvoorziene'', at the age of nineteen. It was published with a small printing in 2002 and followed in 2004 by ''PhantasAmnesia'', a 600-page novel in which the author combined horror with humor and
satire
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. Since 2008, his novels have been published by major Dutch publishing house
Luitingh-Sijthoff
Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) is a Dutch publishing group of fiction and nonfiction books that is active also in Belgium. It operates through multiple units. Its headquarters are located in Utrecht.
History
Bosch & Keuning was founded in 1925 whe ...
.
Olde Heuvelt is a multiple winner of the Paul Harland Prize for best Dutch work of fantastic fiction (2009 and 2012). Translated into English, his short story "The Boy Who Cast No Shadow", published by
PS Publishing
PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK.
Background
PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards in 2012. The same story was nominated for the
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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in 2013.
In April 2013,
Tor Books
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released his story "The Ink Readers of Doi Saket" as an
e-book
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. It would be nominated for the
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
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and the
World Fantasy Award
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Lightspeed Magazine
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, won the
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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in 2015.
In 2016, Olde Heuvelt's worldwide debut novel '' HEX'' was published in the US by
Tor Books
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and in the UK and Australia by
Hodder and Stoughton
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History
Early history
The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs Jackson and Walford, the official publisher ...
. Horror novelist
Stephen King
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tweeted about the book, calling it "totally, brilliantly original". The publication was followed by a six-week book tour through the US.
Heuvelt's newest English-language book, ''Echo'', was published by
Tor Books
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in February 2022. His latest Dutch work is '' Orakel''.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Carlos Ruiz Zafón (; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel ''La sombra del viento'' ('' The Shadow of the Wind'').
Biography
Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona. His grandparents had worked in a fa ...
) for ''The Boy Who Cast No Shadow'' (US)
* 2013
Hugo Award
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(Nomination) for ''The Boy Who Cast No Shadow''
* 2014
Hugo Award
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(Nomination) for ''The Ink Readers of Doi Saket''
* 2014
World Fantasy Award
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(Nomination) for ''The Ink Readers of Doi Saket''
* 2015
Hugo Award
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(winner) for "The Day the World Turned Upside Down"
Luitingh-Sijthoff
Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) is a Dutch publishing group of fiction and nonfiction books that is active also in Belgium. It operates through multiple units. Its headquarters are located in Utrecht.
History
Bosch & Keuning was founded in 1925 whe ...
) (2008)
* ''Harten Sara'' (
Luitingh-Sijthoff
Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) is a Dutch publishing group of fiction and nonfiction books that is active also in Belgium. It operates through multiple units. Its headquarters are located in Utrecht.
History
Bosch & Keuning was founded in 1925 whe ...
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint (trade name), imprint of Hachette (publisher), Hachette.
History
Early history
The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs ...
, UK;
Tor Books
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, US) (2016)
* ''
Echo
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'' (
Luitingh-Sijthoff
Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) is a Dutch publishing group of fiction and nonfiction books that is active also in Belgium. It operates through multiple units. Its headquarters are located in Utrecht.
History
Bosch & Keuning was founded in 1925 whe ...
) (2019)
Short story collections
* ''Om nooit te vergeten'' (
Luitingh-Sijthoff
Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) is a Dutch publishing group of fiction and nonfiction books that is active also in Belgium. It operates through multiple units. Its headquarters are located in Utrecht.
History
Bosch & Keuning was founded in 1925 whe ...
) (2017)
Short stories
* "De Bank en het sterrenlicht" (2006)
* "De Koperen Krokodil" (2006)
* "Tulpen en windmolens in het Land van de Champignons" (2006)
* "De Kronieken van een Weduwnaar" (2008)
* "Harlequin on Dam Square" ( Oxygen Books, UK) (2010)
* "Alles van Waarde is Weerloos" (2010)
* "Balora met het grote hoofd" (2012)
* "The Boy Who Cast No Shadow" (
PS Publishing
PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK.
Background
PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
Lightspeed Magazine
''Lightspeed'' is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine edited and published by John Joseph Adams. The first issue was published in June 2010 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since. The magazine currently publis ...
'', US; 2014)
* "Hertenhart en Gembertimbaaltjes" (2017)
* "You Know How the Story Goes" (
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
) (2017)
* "Dolores Dolly Poppedijn" (
Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek
The Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek (CPNB, "Collective Promotion for the Dutch Book") is a Dutch organization that includes representatives of bookstores and publishers, whose goal is to promote Dutch literature.
History and activi ...