Hilde Vandermeeren (born 25 September 1970, in Waregem) is a Belgian author of books for children and young people and psychological thrillers.

Since 2001 she has published almost fifty books for children and young people, many of which have been translated into Danish, German, Spanish, Korean, French and Chinese.

She has won a number of awards and prizes, including a Zilveren Griffel, a Boekenwelp and a White Raven from the International Youth Library.

This trilogy and her other work are part of the international project DETECt of the KU Leuven, a collaboration between European Universities, TV-channels and professionals from the creative sector.

[7][8][9] The worldwide English Rights of Scorpio (The Scorpion's Head) are sold to the UK publishing house Pushkin Press for publication in October 2021.