Marlies Slegers
Marlies Slegers (1965) lived in Indonesia for ten years in her youth. She became a full-time children’s writer after her son was born and wrote more than 25 books. Slegers is best known for popular series such as ‘Hockeyteam De Sterren’ and ‘I Love Liv’ and for cool teen books about subjects such as sexting and binge drinking. In Notes for Pelle, she successfully takes a very different tack.