In the Shadow of the Ark

Anne Provoost was born in 1964. She lives with her husband and three young children in Antwerp, Belgium. She studied Literature and Pedagogics at the University of Louvain and spent a year and a half in the United States after her studies. She writes in Dutch, but has been translated into more than nine languages. Her books include My Aunt is a Pilot Whale, Falling (which was made into a feature film) and The Rose and the Swine, which won the Golden Kiss in the Netherlands. The latter two titles were both IBBY Honor books. In the course of her writing career, Provoost has received practically every major literary award for works in the Dutch language. She was elected a member of The Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature in 2003. www.anneprovoost.com