Heleen van Royen

Heleen van Royen (born Helena Margaretha Kroon; 9 March 1965, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. Her novel De gelukkige huisvrouw ("The Happy Housewife") was the best-selling Dutch novel of 2010.^[1] The candid descriptions of sexuality (including her own) found in her books and her columns have drawn considerable attention, as have her personal revelations about sexual fantasies,^[2] even to the point of ridicule: Dorine Wiersma won the Annie M.G. Schmidt award for best theatrical song for "Stoute Heleen" ("Naughty Heleen"), a crude pastiche of van Royen's depictions of her own sexuality.^[3][4] Two of van Royen's novels were adapted for film, De gelukkige huisvrouw (2009, adapted for the stage in the same year), and De ontsnapping (The Escape, 2010).^[5] She has two children, daughter Olivia and son Sam. In November 2006, van Royen posed in the nude for Playboy.

Heleen van Royen
Born	Helena Margaretha Kroon (1965-03-09) 9 March 1965 (age 60) Amsterdam
Occupation	Writer
Years active	2000-present
Spouse	Ton van Royen (1992-2013), divorced.
Children	2

In the summer of 2025, she appears in the evening edition of RTL Boulevard, titled RTL Boulevard Summernight.^[6]

Publications

• De gelukkige huisvrouw, 2000
• Godin van de jacht, 2003
• De ontsnapping, 2006
• De mannentester, 2009
• De naaimachine : over moederschap, 2010
• Bloed, zweet en tranen, 2011
• Verboden vruchten, 2012
• De hartsvriendin, 2013
• Sexdagboek, 2018