Bob Van Laerhoven

Author Bob Van Laerhoven

Biography

Bob Van Laerhoven is a 67-year-old Belgian/Flemish author who has published (traditionally) more than 45 books in Holland and Belgium. His cross-over between literature and noir/suspense is published in French, English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Slovenian, Italian, Polish, (Brazilian) Portuguese, and Russian.  In Belgium, Laerhoven was a four-time finalist of the 'Hercule Poirot Prize for Best Mystery Novel of the Year' with the novels' Djinn,' 'The Finger of God,' 'Return to Hiroshima,' and 'The Firehand Files.' In 2007, he became the winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize with 'Baudelaire's Revenge.' The novel was published in 2014 in the USA and won the USA Best Book Award 2014 in the category 'mystery/suspense. In 2015 followed Месть Бодлера, the Russian edition of ‘Baudelaire’s Revenge.’ His collection of short stories, ' Dangerous Obsessions,' first published in the USA in 2015, was chosen as the 'best short story collection of 2015' by the San Diego Book Review. The collection is translated into Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.  'Return to Hiroshima,' his second crime novel in English, was first published in May 2018.  The British quality review blog Murder, Mayhem & More chose 'Return to Hiroshima' as one of the ten best international crime novels of 2018.  Also, in 2018, Laerhoven's second collection of short stories, "Heart Fever," came out in the USA. 'Heart Fever' was one of the five finalists of the American Silver Falchion Award. Laerhoven was the only non-American finalist. The collection has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and German.

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