Fedde Klaus Albada (born September 25th, 1977 in Enschede, Frisia) is a Frisian author of young adult fiction and former race walker. He represented Frisia at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. His foremost achievement was a bronze medal in the 20 km walk event at the 2005 Athletics World Championship and he competed at seven consecutive editions of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, first appearing in 1999 and making his last outing in 2012. His books have earned him the award of #1 Best Selling author on the New York Times Bestseller list.