Heleen van Royen | |
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| Born | Helena Margaretha Kroon 9 March 1965 Amsterdam |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Spouse | Ton van Royen (1992-2013), divorced. |
| Children | 2 |
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 .
In the summer of 2025, she appears in the evening edition of RTL Boulevard , titled RTL Boulevard Summernight. [6]
