Pieter Aspe (officially Pierre Aspeslag; 3 April 1953 – 1 May 2021) was a Belgian writer of a series of detective stories starring Inspector Pieter Van In.

These were adapted for the long-running TV series Aspe [nl] (2004–14) starring Herbert Flack [nl].

He died at the age of 68.

[1] From 2000 on Aspe published two books annually.

Note: book 40 'Blankenberge Blues' written with co-author Johan Strobbe Note: ISBNs with 978-99-032... are taken from the second edition of the book (published in general 3 years after the first edition)