Saskia Noort (born 13 April 1967 in
Bergen, North Holland
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) is a Dutch crime-writer and freelance
journalist
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.
She has written articles for the Dutch editions of
Marie Claire
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and
Playboy
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K ...
as well as publishing three novels, ''
The Dinner Club'' published in English in 2007 by
Bitter Lemon Press, translated by Paul Vincent and "Back to the Coast" published in English in 2009 by Bitter Lemon Press, translated by Laura Vroomen.
Her third book, ''New Neighbours'' was released in May 2006 in the Netherlands and was a bestseller. The rights have been sold to an English publisher.
Selected works
*''Back to the Coast'', 2003
*''
The Dinner Club'', 2004
*''New Neighbours'', 2006
* ''Fever'', 2011
External links
Brief biographical note on Crime.nl
1967 births
Living people
People from Bergen, North Holland
21st-century Dutch novelists
Dutch journalists
Dutch women novelists
21st-century Dutch women writers
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