Born 1968 · Belgium
Libris 2026 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Winter Is a Long Way Off”
Peter Terrin · 57 when first published
Novel · 222 pages · Family, Speculative
AI-generated summary:On the eve of a trip to Italy, where he is to scatter his former partner's remains, Simon, a successful photographer, is paid a fortune out of the blue and learns he may be stuck in a parallel version of his life.
Libris 2023 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Event”
Peter Terrin · 54 when first published
Novel · 220 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:A celebrated author dies and leaves his literary estate to his former secretary rather than his widow, and scientists choose her to communicate with his uploaded mind.
Libris 2015 · Shortlist
Monte Carlo
Peter Terrin · 46 when first published
Novel · 173 pages
AI-generated summary:Monaco, May 1968: moments before the Grand Prix, Jack Preston, a modest Lotus mechanic, pulls a young film star from a blaze in the pits and is badly burned.
Libris 2010 · Shortlist
De bewaker
Peter Terrin · 41 when first published
Novel · 242 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:Two guards, Harry and Michel, watch around the clock over the only entrance to a tower of luxury flats for the super-rich, deep in its underground car park. Then nearly all the residents leave, and nobody tells them why.