THE ICE-CREAM MAKERS

Ernest van der Kwast made his breakthrough with the novel Mama Tandoori, which became a bestseller in the Netherlands and Italy and sold more than 100,000 copies. In 2012 he published the novella Giovanna’s Navel, which entered the Der Spiegel bestseller list immediately after publication in Germany in 2015. He lives in Rotterdam.

Laura Vroomen was born in the Netherlands in 1972. After an academic career teaching English Literature and Cultural Studies, she switched to translation. She has since translated a range of fiction and non-fiction, including thrillers, memoirs, and books on politics. She lives and works in London, and her favourite ice-cream flavour is hazelnut.