Anne Eekhout is the author of the novels DOGMA, which was nominated for the Bronzen Uil Prize for best debut; ONE NIGHT, which was nominated for the BNG Literature Prize; and NICOLAS AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE WORLD, which was selected as the Best Book for Young Adults. She lives in the Netherlands.
Laura Watkinson translates into English, from Dutch, Italian and German. Her projects range from children’s picture books to adult novels and comics. She translated the 2014 Mildred L. Batchelder Award-winning book, THE WAR WITHIN THESE WALLS.
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Against the odds, by concentrating on its author, Anne Eekhout’s new novel, "Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein" (translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson), makes Mary Shelley’s life story more involving than most revisited novels based on classics.