Jan Vermeulen

In 2000, Jan’s first novel for teens, Geraamtes dra nie klere nie, was published. It was awarded with the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature (Gold), the M.E.R. Prize, the Scheepers Prize and an ATKV Children’s Book Award. In 2015 he won the LAPA Youth Literature Competition with Asem, which was also chosen as an honors book by the international IBBY board as well as being chosen by the IEB as prescribed work for 2020. Jan and his wife Diana currently reside in the Eastern Cape.