Thomas Olde Heuvelt is an international bestselling author from The Netherlands and the first translated author to win a Hugo Award. His novels include the acclaimed HEX, Echo, and Oracle, and are published in over twenty-five countries around the world. TV rights to Darker Days have already been sold to a major US studio. Olde Heuvelt, whose last name means ?Old Hill? in Dutch dialect, is also an avid guitar player and mountaineer. He lives in the south of France with his partner and pet lizard.