Jef Aerts


Jef Aerts is a Belgian writer of children’s and youth literature.

Life and career

After publishing four novels, poetry and theater, Jef Aerts has been writing for young readers since 2012.
For the picture book Bigger than a Dream he worked with the Swedish-Dutch illustrator Marit Törnqvist. In 2014 this book was awarded the Book Lion.
Aerts’ children’s and youth books have been translated and sold in 15 languages, including English, German, Swedish, Chinese, Korean, Russian and Persian.
Jef Aerts lives and writes in a small farm close to Leuven.

Works (selection)