Kyo Gerrits from the INCREC project interviews Maria Postema. Maria is a translator, author and drummer. She has studied English and TV-cultures at the University of Utrecht where she still lives and works. She translates from English into Dutch, mainly youth and YA literature. She is most well-known for her translation of popular YA series such as The Hunger Games, Divergent and Twilight series and she also translates Jason Reynold’s books into Dutch. She also adapted Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ for Dutch adolescents and wrote two youth novels, together with Maarten Bruns. Her translations have won multiple awards, including the Filter translation prize for youth translation.