Tommy Wieringa (born 1967 in Goor) is one of the leading Dutch novelists of his generation. His 2005 breakthrough novel Joe Speedboat sold over 300,000 copies and won the F. Bordewijk Prize; later works earned him the Libris Literature Prize and a nomination for the International Booker Prize. He also writes essays and a regular column for the Volkskrant.
On 16 August 2026, Wieringa was a guest on the final season of VPRO Zomergasten, interviewed by Janine Abbring.
The film adaptation of Joe Speedboot premiered on 9 March 2026 at the Koninklijk Theater Tuschinski in Amsterdam and was released nationwide on 12 March.
Wieringa wrote the essay Optimisme zonder hoop for the Month of Philosophy 2025, about climate crisis and how to act without expectation of improvement.
Joe Speedboot was selected in November 2024 as a gift book for the campaign Heel Nederland Leest.
Wieringa published the novel Nirwana, a family epic in which he explores the appeal of power and destruction, interwoven with the climate crisis.
