Diane Broeckhoven ( Antwerp, March 4, 1946) is a Flemish writer. Diane Broeckhoven was born in Antwerp, but lived in the Netherlands for 30 years from 1970 . In 2000 she returned to her hometown. Besides writing books, she also works as a freelance journalist. Diane Broeckhoven has already published more than 20 children's books. She writes in a penetrating way about taboo-breaking subjects, eg about the death of a child in A dead bird, about AIDS in Kristalnacht, about the gap between rich and poor in A god with warm hands . In 1998 she wrote her first novel for adults. The German translation of The Outside of Meneer Jules ( Ein Tag mit Herrn Jules ) has sold some 250,000 copies. Travel Fever is the sequel to this book.