My name is Barbara Stok. I am an award-winning graphic novelist from The Netherlands. My book Vincent is published in more than twenty countries around the world. My latest graphic novel The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding became a bestseller within only a month of publication and got nominated for the Hypatia Price. I have 14 books to my name.

I worked as a journalist before choosing the profession of graphic novelist. In my first stories I depicted my own everyday experiences: going to punkrock concerts, the fear of death, the art of doing nothing. In my work I constantly pose questions about how to live.

I live in a small house in the North of the Netherlands. I used to be a drummer in a punkrock band.