Stefan Brace (b. 1969) is a renowned Belgian writer, winner of numerous literary awards, including “Best Prose” from the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Letters (2006) and “Best Literary Work” (2007). Before taking up literary work full-time, he worked as a teacher in an elementary school. The novel “The Creator of Angels” brought the young author stunning success; the book conquered the whole world - from America to France, from Israel to Hungary. More than 120,000 copies were sold in Belgium and the Netherlands alone. The image of Victor Hoppe - a lonely boy from a monastery orphanage, a promising young scientist, an obsessed geneticist, destroying all obstacles on the way to his insane goal - inspires not only horror, but also respect. The true boundaries of science, the relationship between good and evil in our world, the strength and weakness of religion - these are eternal themes that received unexpected and paradoxical development in the intriguing novel by Stefan Brace.