Marijke Schermer

Marijke Schermer (b. 1975) is a novelist, playwright and director. She was born in Amsterdam, grew up in Groningen and studied at the Arnhem Theatre School (ArtEZ). She has written plays and librettos and directed her own and other people’s work. In 2009, she received the Charlotte Köhler Prize. Her works for the stage have been translated into English, German, French and Romanian. She has written short stories and the novels 'Mensen in de zon' (People in the Sun, 2013), 'Breakwater' (2016, shortlisted for the ECI Prize and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award) and 'Love, If That’s What It Is' (2019, shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize). 'In the Eye' is her fourth novel.