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Yael van der Wouden

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Yael van der Wouden is a writer and a teacher. The Safekeep, her debut novel, was a finalist for the 2024 Booker Prize and has been longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize. It was also named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a best book of the year by The Washington PostTimeThe EconomistKirkus ReviewsThe Times (London), The IndependentBookPage, and others. She lives in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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