On this site, I focus on my historical novels for young adults. IRONHEAD, OR, ONCE A YOUNG LADY and DAUGHTER OF DOOM were translated by Kristen Gehrman and published by Levine/Querido in New York. Both novels have also been translated into Italian by Olga Amagliana as TESTA DI FERRO and FIGLIA DEL DESTINO and were published by Camelozampa. My latest novel on the Italian renaissance, PROPERZIA, was published in Dutch in October 2025 and will be published in Italy in 2027. I hope it will also find its way to English readers at some point.

I have one other historical novel that was translated in English as WITH A SWORD IN MY HAND and A SWORD IN HER HAND (co-written by Pat van Beirs, translated by John Nieuwenhuizen) which takes place around Bruges, Flanders in the late Middle Ages. It is out of print but you can still find second-hand copies or you can check your local library. The novel was also published in French, German, Danish, Norse, Chinese, Czech and Afrikaans. GALLOWS MAIDEN has been translated into French, Afrikaans and German, translated by Mirjam Pressler. It is an adventurous story of spies, cut-purses and noblemen that takes place in Antwerp and Seville in the 16th century.

I write comic book scenario’s for artist Thomas Du Caju. These comics are published in Dutch and French. One of those, about four teenagers during the WW2 siege of Leningrad, has been published in English as THE LIONS OF LENINGRAD, in Spanish as LOS RATONES DE LENINGRAD. We also collaborated on LITTLE ENGLAND that takes place in 1940s Burma. Thomas and I are currently working on SABOTEUSES, set in the second world war on British/French female agents who were dropped in France during WW 2. The fifth installment of this six part series has been published in June 2026.

I grew up in Ghent, Belgium and have a master in translation (French/English). I wrote or co-wrote (and often produced) a number of feature films over the years. They’re generally spoken in Dutch but some are available with English subtitles. Here are some of the titles with links to trailers: RETRO THERAPY (2024), SEA SPARKLE (2023) MY DAD IS A SAUSAGE (2021), THE BEST OF DORIEN B. (2019), ZAGROS (2017) VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD (2016), TROUW MET MIJ (2014), OXYGEN (2010), MOSCOW, BELGIUM (2008) and CRUSADE IN JEANS (2004) . I also wrote two drama-series with Pierre De Clercq: AMIGO’S (2015) and A GOOD YEAR (2020). I’m currently in preproduction on a comedy called OH LOVELY BELGIUM with director Stijn Coninx.

If you want so write me about my work, you can send me an email.