Lieke Marsman (1990-2026) was a poet, novelist and essayist. Her debut poetry collection, Things That I Tell Myself, was published when she was only twenty, and was awarded three major poetry prizes; she was Poet Laureate of the Netherlands from 2021 to 2023. Her debut novel, The Opposite of a Person was published in English in 2022 by Daunt Originals, translated by Sophie Collins. When Op een andere planeet kunnen ze me redden ( On Another Planet They Can Save Me) was published in the Netherlands in 2025, it was an instant bestseller.