Herman Koch (born 1953) is an internationally bestselling author. The urgent essay help translation rights of The Dinner (2009) have been sold to over 55 countries, which is unprecedented for a modern Dutch novel. The Dinner has been adapted into several international stage plays and into a Dutch and Italian movie. The US movie adaptation of The Dinner will be screened in 2017, starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. Summer House with Swimming Pool (2011) and Dear Mr M. (2014) are international bestsellers as well.
His latest novel The Ditch is enthusiastically received upon publication, and already declared a ‘vintage Koch’.