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TOM LANOYE is an award-winning, highly acclaimed Belgian novelist, poet, and playwright. Starting out as a poet and critic, he became famous for his prose and drama, as well as his politically and socially engaged columns and his unique cabaret-style performances. He is the author of more than fifty works of poetry, drama, and fiction. His bestseller Speechless, voted one of the most popular “new classics” in Belgian and Dutch literature, sold over 150,000 copies in the Netherlands and Belgium and was awarded several major prizes. Speechless was published in the US in October 2018. Lanoye has won many literary prizes, including the prestigious Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire oeuvre. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. Slaves to Fortune was shortlisted for both the Libris Literature Prize and the AKO Literature Prize. Tom Lanoye lives in Antwerp and Cape Town.

MICHELE HUTCHISON studied at UEA, Cambridge, and Lyon universities and worked in publishing for a number of years. In 2004, she moved to Amsterdam. Among the many works she has translated are La Superba by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, both Craving and Roxy by Esther Gerritsen, and An American Princess by Annejet van der Zijl. She also co-authored the successful parenting book, The Happiest Kids in the World.