The Cricket's Healing

Toon Tellegen is one of the Netherlands’ best-loved authors. A retired doctor, he initially found fame as a children’s author, before beginning his hugely popular series of philosophical animal fables for adults, which examine deep questions about life and happiness through encounters between different animals. The series has sold more than a million copies in the Netherlands alone, and the books have also become international bestsellers, translated into 25 languages across the world.

Matt Addis is a highly regarded actor and audiobook narrator, bringing life to more than 200 audiobooks. He is a multiple AudioFile EarPhones award winner and was nominated by Audible as one of 12 finalists for Audiobook of the Year. He has been heard in hundreds of radio dramas, comedies and documentaries while his live voice work includes the Global Fashion Awards, United Nations events at Windsor Castle, and the Venice Biennale.

David Colmer is an Australian writer and award-winning translator who lives in Amsterdam. He has won many prizes for his translations of Dutch literature, including the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (both with novelist Gerbrand Bakker), and major Australian and Dutch awards for his body of work. He has also translated the internationally bestselling philosophical fables of Toon Tellegen, including The Hedgehog's Dilemma and The Cricket's Healing, both available in Bolinda audio.