Hester Velmans

Hester Velmans is a novelist and a translator specializing in modern fiction. She is a 2014 NEA Translation Fellow. Her translation of Renate Dorrestein's A HEART OF STONE won the Vondel Prize for Translation and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her translation of Lulu Wang's THE LILY THEATER was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her popular children's book ISABEL OF THE WHALES now has a sibling: the second in the Whales Series, JESSALOUP'S SONG (age 10 and up). Her historical novel, SLIPPER, or The True History of Cinderella (2018), is her first novel for adults. More about this author at www.Hestervelmans.com.