Ted van Lieshout (born 21 December 1955) is a Dutch poet and writer of children's literature.

[1] Van Lieshout studied Beeldende Kunsten en Vormgeving between 1975 and 1980 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

[3] In 1995, he won the Gouden Griffel award for his book Begin een torentje van niks.

He also won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1999 for the German translation of the book, Bruder, by Mirjam Pressler.

[2] In 2001, he won the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs for his book Zeer kleine liefde.