Aline Sax

Aline Sax (born 1984, Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian author of historical children's and young adult literature. In addition to writing, she works as a historian and translates novels from English and German to Dutch.^{[1][non-primary source needed]} All of her novels are historical novels, capturing a wide range of themes and historical periods.^{[2][non-primary source needed]} Her books are written in Dutch, but have been translated into German,^{[3][independent source needed]} Danish,^{[4][independent source needed]} Swedish, French, Korean, Arabic and English.^{[5][independent source needed]} She has been nominated for and won several literary prizes.^{[1][independent source needed]}

Aline Sax
Born	1984 (age 40–41) Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Author
Education	University of Antwerp (PhD, history)
Genre	Children's and young adult literature
Notable awards	National Jewish Book Awards

Sax has a master's degree and has received her PhD in History from the University of Antwerp.^{[citation needed]}

Sax published her first novel, Mist over het strand, with Clavis in 2001, when she was 17 years old. The novel is about two German child soldiers at the Normandy beaches in June 1944.^{[6][independent source needed]}

The War Within These Walls, translated by Laura Watkinson, was published in the United States in October 2013, with illustrations by Caryl Strzelecki.^[5][7] Heavily illustrated, the novel dramatically captures the brutal reality of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The story is about a young Jew's struggle to survive and his participation in the 1943 uprising. Kirkus Reviews called it an "unrelenting, heart-rending insight into the hell that the Nazis created" that is "gripping, powerful, shattering".^[8] Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly included it among their lists of the best books of 2013.^{[8][failed verification][9]} It won the National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature,^{[10][non-primary source needed]} the silver medal of the Sydney Taylor Book Award,^[11] and the Batchelder Honor Award of the American Library Association.^[12]

Publications

Standalone books

• Sax, Aline (2001). Mist over het strand. Clavis.
• Sax, Aline (2002). Duivelsvlucht. Clavis.
• Sax, Aline (2004). De gebroken harp. Clavis.
• Sax, Aline (2005). Geen stap terug. Clavis.
• Sax, Aline (2007). De Hond van Roosevelt. Altiora Averbode.
• Sax, Aline (2010). De laatste reis. Clavis.
• Sax, Aline (2013) [2011]. De kleuren van het getto [The War Within These Walls]. Translated by Watkinson, Laura. Illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki. Eerdmans.
• Sax, Aline (2012). Voor Vlaanderen, Volk En Führer. Manteau.
• Sax, Aline (2013). Het meisje en de soldaat. Illustrated by Ann De Bode. De Eenhoorn.
• Sax, Aline; Vandebroek, Hannelore; Raats, Jonas; Mahieu, Maarten (2014). Bezette kust. Leven in de schaduw van de Atlantikwall. Hannibal.
• Sax, Aline (2015). Grensgangers [Dutch]. Davidsfonds.
• Sax, Aline (2018). De lantaarnaansteker. Illustrated by Ann De Bode. Eenhoorn.
• Sax, Aline (2020). De jongen op het dak. Illustrated by Sassafras De Bruyn. De Eenhoorn.
• Sax, Aline (2021). Uit het niets. Davidsfonds.
• Sax, Aline (2023). Wat ons nog rest. Infodok.
• Sax, Aline (2025). Negentien Negentien. Ambo|Anthos.

Adrian books

• Sax, Aline (2006). Wij, twee jongens. Clavis.
• Sax, Aline (2007). Schaduwleven. Clavis.