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Niels van Eekelen

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels, Children's

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Niels van Eekelen is the translator of dozens of books by bestselling authors. He writes his own stories in both Dutch and English, and has been tinkering with some fantasy worlds for most of his life. He lives in the Netherlands with his library of books and comics, which will inevitably collapse under its own weight and bury him alive.

His dark and witchy new fantasy novella, The Necrowitch: Child Sacrifices is out in e-book now, pre-order it now from Amazon or any other seller, and his next novella, In Thrall is up for pre-order! ...more

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	Heartstopper 1 - Nick en Charlie ontmoeten elkaar... (Heartstopper, #1) by Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author), Niels van Eekelen (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 932,250 ratings — published 2018 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Een dans met draken: Oude vetes, nieuwe strijd (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5a) by George R.R. Martin, Renée Vink (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Jet Matla (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 756,611 ratings — published 2011 — 328 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick en Charlie worden verliefd... (Heartstopper, #2) by Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author), Niels van Eekelen (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 585,914 ratings — published 2019 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick en Charlie in de stad van de liefde... (Heartstopper, #3) by Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author), Niels van Eekelen (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.53 avg rating — 513,563 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick en Charlie hebben elkaar meer dan ooit nodig… (Heartstopper #4) by Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author), Niels van Eekelen (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.57 avg rating — 455,267 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rot Has Set In (Fulcrum, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fulcrum, Book 2: The Revelation of Tygg Vana 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Virtues (Fulcrum, #0) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Necrowitch: Child Sacrifices 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Thrall 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Books!

Aha! I've rediscovered where the blog function is here on Goodreads. It's been a while.

On to the news: I'm venturing into self-publishing this year, releasing two e-books this year--both fantasy, both stand-alone novellas.

The first is already out: The Necrowitch: Child Sacrifices stars Tamatadara, a witch who already made her debut in the Dutch-language anthology Charlatans, and follows her as she Read more of this blog post »

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This Is How You Lose the Time War

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Girl, Serpent, Thorn

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The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

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