Esther Gerritsen (1972) is a Dutch novelist, columnist and screenwriter. Since her 2000 debut, Gerritsen has been steadily writing her way to the very top of Dutch Literature and beyond, making regular appearances at international literary festivals such as Litquake and Wordfest.

Her novels Superdove, Craving, Roxy and The Comforter were all shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize. In 2005 she was awarded the BNG prize and in 2014 she was awarded the Frans Kellendonk prize for her body of work. Gerritsen writes a popular weekly column and she had the honour of writing the Dutch Book Week gift in 2016 with a print run of 700,000 copies.

She is currently making a name for herself as a screenwriter for film and TV. She wrote the scenario for Instinct (Halina Reijn, 2019), which was praised and lauded at international film festivals such as Locarno, Toronto and London and was the Dutch entry for the 2019 Oscars. She was the head writer of Red Light, a TV Series featuring Maaike Neuville, Halina Reijn and Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones) and is currently working on multiple projects, including an adaptation for screen of her own latest novel Area 19.

I have been Esther’s manager since 2018.
www.esthergerritsen.com