Clarence Pitz

After a bold change of career, Clarence Pitz, a Brussels-based writer, found her true calling in writing thriller novels. Originally starting her career in the criminal records office of Brussels she then switched to a job as a professor in Anthropology and Art History, whilst practicing art as a hobby. Both of these jobs are vital for mixing fiction, thriller and culture into each of her books. Her writing has earned her awards for each of her novels, starting with “La parole du Chacal”, which won the VSD best thriller prize in 2018. Her other novels are told through the experiences of the Investigator Karel Jacobs, who looks into heart wrenching cases that often mirror the European capital´s mysteries with other cities in the world. For her it is important to highlight the diversity of Brussels, as well as its history and diasporic communities.