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Johan Vandevelde

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Johan Vandevelde volgde de opleiding Audiovisuele Kunsten aan de filmschool RITS. Hij werkte mee aan de strips gebaseerd op de televisiereeks Windkracht 10 en maakte deel uit van het oorspronkelijke creatieve team achter de televisiereeks Flikken.

In 2000 debuteerde Johan Vandevelde met het jeugdboek De tijdspoort, gebaseerd op een eerder geschreven scenario dat nooit gepubliceerd werd, en mocht hiervoor twee jaar later de eerste prijs van de Limburgse Kinder- en Jeugdjury in ontvangst nemen. In 2005 deed hij dit nog eens over met Na het Licht, deze keer bij de Vlaamse Kinder- en Jeugdjury. Ook zijn derde boek Het Kronosproject viel in de prijzen.

Johan Vandevelde schrijft vooral in de genres fantasy en sciencefiction, maar vindt dat hij zich ...more

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	Elfenblauw: Het juweel van Silnaris (Elfenblauw, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elfenblauw: De vallei van de goden (Elfenblauw, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elfenblauw: De banneling (Elfenblauw, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jaspers vlinders 4.02 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elfenblauw: De Helm van Armata (Elfenblauw, #4) 4.24 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apollo (Wolfsangel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Na het licht 1: De Cycloop (Na het Licht, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nachtwild (De demonen van Dalca, #1) by Johan Vandevelde (Goodreads Author), Bart Vermeer (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het verloren galjoen (Kronieken van amber en staal, #1) by Johan Vandevelde (Goodreads Author), Martin Muster 3.49 avg rating — 73 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Na het licht 2: De nieuwe veroveraars (Na het Licht, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Elfenblauw (4 books)
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Na het Licht (3 books)
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Wolfsangel (3 books)
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4.13 avg rating — 166 ratings

De demonen van Dalca (3 books)
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Kronieken van amber en staal (2 books)
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Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic (Timeless, #1)

by Armand Baltazar

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“Maar haat is geen mening! Het is een emotie, zoals woede, liefde en verdriet. Als mijn computer crasht en ik geef hem gefrustreerd een oplawaai, dan uit ik een emotie, maar je kunt het moeilijk als een mening omschrijven.”
― Johan Vandevelde, Apollo

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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
― Robert Bloch

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

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“Play is the highest form of research.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: childhood, education

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“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman

tags: books, needs, stories, storytelling, writing

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“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

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