Thomas Olde Heuvelt
| Thomas Olde Heuvelt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 April 1983 Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Magic realism, Horror, Fantasy |
Thomas Olde Heuvelt; (1983) is a Dutch writer whose short stories have received awards and been nominated for such awards as the Paul Harland Prize, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards and the Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Early Life and Influences
Olde Heuvelt was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He studied English language and American Literature at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen and at the University of Ottawa in Canada, where he lived for half a year. In many interviews, he recalled that the literary heroes of his childhood were Roald Dahl and Stephen King, who created a love for grim and dark fiction. He later discovered the works of a wider range of contemporary writers like Jonathan Safran Foer, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Neil Gaiman and Yann Martel, whom he calls his greatest influences.[1]
Career
Olde Heuvelt wrote his debut novel De Onvoorziene at the age of sixteen. It was published with a small press in 2002, followed in 2004 by PhantasAmnesia, a 600-page novel in which he combined horror with humor and satire. This drew the attention of Jacques Post, publisher with Luitingh-Sijthoff.[1] Olde Heuvelt was the first Dutch author Post published with Luitingh-Sijthoff.
After several of his stories were translated into English, Olde Heuvelt was invited to be a panelist at the British Eastercon (2008, 2012), World Horror Convention in Brighton (2010) and Worldcon in Chicago (2012).
Olde Heuvelt is a multiple winner of the Paul Harland Prize for best Dutch work of the fantastic (2009 and 2012). His story "The Boy Who Cast No Shadow" published by PS Publishing in the UK, together with Carlos Ruiz Zafón received the Honorable Mention in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards in 2012.[2]
The same story was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2013.[3]
In April, 2013, Tor Books released his story "The Ink Readers of Doi Saket" in e-book.[4]
Honors
- 2005 Paul Harland Prize (Debut Prize) for De kronieken van een weduwnaar
- 2009 Paul Harland Prize (Winner) for The Boy Who Cast No Shadow (Dutch version)
- 2012 Paul Harland Prize (Winner) for Fishbowl Universe (Dutch version)[5]
- 2012 Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards (Honorable Mention, together with Carlos Ruiz Zafón) for The Boy Who Cast No Shadow (US)
- 2013 Hugo Awards (Nomination) for The Boy Who Cast No Shadow
Bibliography
Short Fiction in English
- 2010 Harlequin on Dam Square (Oxygen Books, UK)
- 2012 The Boy Who Cast No Shadow (PS Publishing, UK)
- 2013 The Ink Readers of Doi Saket (Tor Books, US)
Novels in Dutch
- 2002 De Onvoorziene (Intes International)
- 2004 PhantasAmnesia (Intes International)
- 2008 Leerling Tovenaar Vader & Zoon (Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- 2011 Harten Sara (Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- 2013 HEX (Luitingh-Sijthoff)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biografie van Thomas Olde Heuvelt". Olde Heuvelt.com. June 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ↑ "SFFT Awards 2012 list". SFFT Awards. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ↑ "The Hugo Awards". The Official Site of the Hugo Awards. 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ "The Ink Readers of Doi Saket - a Tor.com Original". Tor Books. March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ↑ Lindeboom, Martijn (16 February 2013). "Verslagen van de Paul Harland Dag". Paul Harland Prijs. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
External links
- Official Webpage Blog by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- The Boy Who Cast No Shadow at PS Publishing
- Author page, The Ink Readers of Doi Saket at Macmillan