Claudia de Breij can win the NS Audience Award with the biography of Princess Amalia. Amalia it is one of the best-selling books of the last year and is therefore automatically nominated for the award.
The other candidates are The witch of Limbricht van Susan Smith, the night shift by Esther Verhoef, Wandering track by Suzanne Vermeer, The children of fortune by Annejet van der Zijl e Master your mindset van Michael Pilarczyk.
Verhoef has already won the award: in 2011 he received the NS Public Prize for his novel Already seen. She has also been nominated several times. Vermeer had been nominated twice before and Van der Zijl once. It is the first nomination for Smit and Pilarczyk.
In the biography Amalia De Breij will speak with the heir to the throne. Amalia talks about her private life and her preparation for her future as a queen. The book was published on the occasion of Amalia’s eighteenth birthday. Similar books have been published on King William Alexander and Princess Beatrice.
Readers can vote for one of the nominated books or another book of their choice until Wednesday, November 16. As a result, it is possible that the prize will go to a title other than the aforementioned six. The winner will be announced on November 16 in the broadcast of the television program One today.
A record 210,130 votes were cast last year. I will live by Lale Gül was named the book of choice. At 24, she was the youngest winner of the award.
The NS Audience Award consists of a sculpture by Jeroen Henneman, a cash prize of 7,500 euros and free first-class train travel for one year.
