▁of ▁trav elling ▁in ▁Europe , ▁van ▁der ▁V y ver ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁rep orter ▁for ▁Die ▁Bur ger , ▁as ▁a ▁copy writer ▁for ▁Les ers k ring ▁( a ▁book ▁club ) ▁and ▁a ▁feature ▁writer ▁for ▁Sar ie . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁She ▁published ▁three ▁youth ▁nov els , ▁Van ▁J ou ▁Jas ▁( 1 9 8 2 ), ▁T ien ▁vir ▁' n ▁V ri end ▁( 1 9 8 7 ) ▁and ▁E enk ant kind ▁( 1 9 9 1 ) ▁before ▁re le asing ▁her ▁first ▁novel ▁for ▁adult s , ▁G ri et ▁sk ry f ▁' n ▁S pro kie ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁which ▁won ▁the ▁AT K V , ▁M - Net ▁and ▁Eug ène ▁Mar ais ▁prize . ▁It ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁English , ▁Dutch , ▁Italian , ▁French , ▁Spanish , ▁Swedish , ▁Czech , ▁Chinese ▁and ▁Heb rew . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁D inge ▁van ▁' n ▁Kind , ▁another ▁youth ▁novel , ▁was ▁published ▁before ▁she ▁released ▁her ▁first ▁book ▁for ▁young ▁children , ▁O lin ost ers ▁op ▁die ▁Dak ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁Another ▁adult ▁novel , ▁Weg kom k ans ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁followed ▁by ▁G ri et ▁Kom ▁We er ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Her ▁youth ▁novel ▁Die ▁O ng elo of like ▁Av ont ure ▁van ▁H anna ▁Ho ek om ▁won