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George Boellaard

Historicus George Boellaard (1960) heeft een atelier voor de restauratie van Hollandse en Vlaamse meesterschilderijen. In zijn vrije tijd werkte hij, met onderbrekingen, acht jaar aan de geschiedenis van de Heinekenontvoerders. Boellaard baseert zich op het authentieke manuscript van zijn broer Jan, een van de ontvoerders. Daarnaast doet hij zelf onderzoek en spreekt hij betrokkenen.

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a ne

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Michael Connelly

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Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.

After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986,

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Bob Woodward

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Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. While an investigative reporter for that newspaper, Woodward, working with fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, helped uncover the Watergate scandal that led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation. Woodward has written 12 best-selling non-fiction books and has twice contributed reporting to efforts that collectively earned the Post and its National Reporting staff a Pulitzer Prize.

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Jens Andersen

Mr. Andersen has a Ph.D. in Nordic Philology from the University of Copenhagen. He is a former soccer player and coach in Denmark. He has won several Danish literature prizes and recognitions over the years.

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Peter R. de Vries

Peter R. de Vries (1956, Aalsmeer) is al decennialang Nederlands meest bekende misdaadverslaggever. De Vries heeft als schrijvend journalist en als presentator van een televisieprogramma ontelbare primeurs op zijn naam en heeft aan de basis van vele geruchtmakende affaires gestaan.

De Vries startte zijn loopbaan direct na de middelbare school en militaire dienstplicht bij de Haagse redactie van De Telegraaf, waar hij als twintigjarige ‘leerling-journalist’ werd aangenomen. In Den Haag onderzocht hij zijn eerste moordzaak en ontstond zijn voorliefde voor de misdaadjournalistiek. Vijfendertig jaar later heeft De Vries meer dan vijfhonderd moorddossiers onderzocht.

In 2017 behoort De Vries samen met zijn zoon Royce tot de mede-oprichters van het

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Philippa Perry

Philippa Perry, author of How to Stay Sane, is a psychotherapist and writer who has written pieces for The Guardian, The Observer, Time Out, and Healthy Living magazine and has a column in Psychologies Magazine. In 2010, she wrote the graphic novel Couch Fiction, in an attempt to demystify psychotherapy. She lives in London and Sussex with her husband, the artist Grayson Perry, and enjoys gardening, cooking, parties, walking, tweeting, and watching telly.

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Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman (born April 26, 1988) is a Dutch historian and author. His books Humankind: A Hopeful History (2020) and Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (2017) were both Sunday Times and New York Times Best Sellers and have been translated in 46 languages.

In 2024, he co-founded The School for Moral Ambition, a non-profit organization inspired by his latest book Moral Ambition (2025) that wants to help as many people as possible to take the step towards a job with a positive impact.

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Thomas Erikson

Thomas Erikson is a behaviourist and the bestselling author of the Surrounded by- series about human behaviours.

The series, has been translated to close to 60 languages and has sold over 8 million copies.

His mission is to make people’s lives easier by making them more aware of themselves and help people to a better understanding of what it takes to achieve the best possible communication.

He is a highly sought-after public speaker with 120 keynotes yearly on topics such as human behaviours, self-awareness, , narcissism, and leadership.

He lives by the simple but useful quote:
You can’t change somebody else, but you can change yourself.

Thomas was writing for twenty years before finally getting published. Being an author was his dream in life,

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Anya Niewierra

Anya Niewierra is de schrijfster van de thrillers Vrij uitzicht en Het Dossier. Ze woont, werkt, schildert en schrijft in Zuid-Limburg en in de Pyreneeën. Zowel haar jeugdjaren binnen de serene abdijmuren van Gymnasium Rolduc als het deels wonen in Frans Catalonië hebben Niewierra geïnspireerd tot het schrijven van Het bloemenmeisje.

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Astrid Holleeder

Astrid Holleeder is a Dutch lawyer and author. She is a sister of criminal Willem Holleeder and together with her older sister and an ex-girlfriend of Willem she witnessed her brother in the Passage process.

In 2016 she published the book Judas, about the relationship with her brother Willem, his dominance over their family and the influence of his life in the criminal circuit on his immediate environment.

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Sander Schimmelpenninck

Sander Schimmelpenninck (1984) is journalist, columnist bij de Volkskrant en presentator van de Zelfspodcast. In de tv-serie Sander en de kloof stelde hij kansenongelijkheid aan de kaak, in zijn boek Sander en de brug (ruim 27.000 verkocht) deed hij voorstellen om daar iets aan te doen.

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Daniël Verlaan

Daniël Verlaan (1989) is een van de belangrijkste techjournalisten van het moment. Hij werkt voor RTL Nieuws. Vorig jaar ontving hij de Loep, de prijs voor de beste onderzoeksjournalistiek, en de Tegel, de belangrijkste journalistieke prijs van Nederland.

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George Boellaard

Historicus George Boellaard (1960) heeft een atelier voor de restauratie van Hollandse en Vlaamse meesterschilderijen. In zijn vrije tijd werkte hij, met onderbrekingen, acht jaar aan de geschiedenis van de Heinekenontvoerders. Boellaard baseert zich op het authentieke manuscript van zijn broer Jan, een van de ontvoerders. Daarnaast doet hij zelf onderzoek en spreekt hij betrokkenen.

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Lex Noteboom

LEX NOTEBOOM (1987) writes novels and audio drama’s. In 2019 Lex broke onto the scene with the science fiction thriller THE DECA TAPES: an audio drama podcast about a group of ten people that find themselves locked in a mysterious space together. Why are they in there?

The success of the podcast earned Lex book deals all over the world. He spent three years writing his debut novel: THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND FACES, a fast-paced thriller about our relationship with the truth, for fans of Black Mirror and House of Cards. In the Netherlands, the book established Lex as a force to reckon with. The book won numerous awards, among which being named 'Book of the Year' by the countries biggest Newspaper.

'A stunning debut, more modern than tomorrow' TE

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Eva Hermans-Kroot

Eva Hermans-Kroot was a Dutch blogger and writer who shared her experiences with her terminal lung cancer via social media and television. She gained fame by sharing her experiences on Instagram and her participation in the television and radio programs.

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