About Yorick Goldewijk Books
Yorick Goldewijk is a Dutch writer and music composer whose books include Movies Showing Nowhere (Pushkin), which the Guardian called "strikingly original" and The Times named a best children's book of the year. He hopes that The Tree That Was a World serves as an ode to curiosity and the small bits of wonder that lie hidden everywhere around us. Follow Yorick on Instagram @yorickgoldewijk.. Jeska Verstegen is the author of I'll Keep You Close (Levine Querido) and the illustrator of over 100 books. Bear Is Never Alone (Eerdmans) was named a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book and a Bank Street College Best Children's Book. She lives in Amsterdam. Visit her website at jeskaverstegen.nl or follow her on Instagram @jeska_verstegen. Laura Watkinson translates books for children and adults from Dutch, German, and Italian. Her translations have received numerous honors, including three Mildred L. Batchelder Awards and the Vondel Translation Prize. She is the founder of the Dutch chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SBCWI). Laura lives in Amsterdam. Visit her website at laurawatkinson.com.
