Daughter of Doom
| Original title | Onheilsdochter |
| Original language | Dutch |
| Place of first publication | The Netherlands |
| Original Publisher | Querido |
Denmark, 870 AD. Yrsa is a tough Viking girl with a club foot who won’t let herself be pushed around. She turns out to be a seer, which makes her even more of an outsider. When her father and his men return from a raid with a nun, who’s also a king’s granddaughter, Yrsa is tasked with looking after the hostage. The two girls and everything they believe in couldn’t be more different. And yet, slowly a friendship develops between Yrsa and Sister Job. When the nun is raped and she and Yrsa leave the perpetrator for dead, they’re forced to flee. Can they escape the wrath of Yrsa’s clan? Can they escape their fate?
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Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
(Author)
Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem is a Belgian writer and producer. He has written and produced many feature films in Belgium, including the Cannes Critics’ Week winner Moscow, Belgium, and My Dad is a Sausage (2022) and Sea Sparkle (2023) selected for Giffoni Film Festival. He is the author of several Young Adult novels of historical settings, which have been translated worldwide and critically acclaimed for his vibrant style, making him a master of the adventure novel. In 2023, Ironhead was published by Camelozampa, winner of the Andersen Prize for Best Book Over 15.
Olga Amagliani
(Translator)
After the degree at the School for Interpreters and Translators of Trieste, and a master in audiovisual and multimedia Translation, Olga Amagliani has been working for more than ten years as translator for publishing houses, museums and agencies. For Camelozampa, she already has translated Enne Koens’ novels Sono Vincent and Non ho paura finalist for the Strega Award 2022), Da qui si vede il mondo intero and Hotel Bonbien, and Derk Visser’s Zucchero filato and Drama Queen, as well as the comic books Viktor and Più grande di un sogno.