Joost de Vries is deputy editor-in-chief of influential Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. He is one of the regular hosts of literary podcast BoekenFM, and author of the acclaimed novels Clausewitz, The Republic (winner of the 'Gouden Boeken Uil', the most prestigious Belgian literary prize), Old Masters, and Higher Powers, as well as the short story collection Easy, Tiger. In 2023, De Vries was awarded the Frans Kellendonk Prize for his entire oeuvre.
