Mel Wallis de Vries

Mel Wallis de Vries is a Dutch author of young adult thrillers, born in Leiden. She studied biology and journalism at the University of Groningen, worked as a freelance journalist and in marketing, and has published books since 2006. Her novel Vals (2010) was filmed in 2019, and she has won the Prijs van de Jonge Jury seven times; Wreed also won a Hebban Award for best YA thriller.