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Thomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is a Dutch author of five novels and many stories of the fantastic. His work contains elements of magical-realism, fantasy, contemporary horror and humor. Several of his stories were translated or adapted into English. BBC Radio called Olde Heuvelt "One of Europe's foremost talents in fantastic literature."

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 recalls the literary hero's of his childhood to be Roald Dahl and Stephen King, creating a love for grim and dark fiction. Only later on he 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.

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 combines horror with humor and satire. This drew the attention of Jacques Post, publisher with Luitingh Sijthoff. Olde Heuvelt was the first Dutch author Post published with Luitingh Sijthoff. This established him as a well-known author in the Netherlands.

After several of his stories were translated into English, Olde Heuvelt has been panelist at British Eastercon (2008, 2012), World Horror Convention in Brighton (2010) and Worldcon in Chicago (2012).

Olde Heuvelt is multiple winner 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. The same story was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2013, making Olde Heuvelt the first Dutch author ever to be nominated for a Hugo Award.

In april, 2013, Tor Books publishes his story The Ink Readers of Doi Saket, which rights were acquired by editor Ann VanderMeer.

Honours

 * 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)
 * 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 (US)

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, USA)

Novels (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)