 Until this day they haven't lived together, deciding for separate homes.Hemmerechts currently is a professor in English literature at the "Katholieke Universiteit Brussel" (KUB), and an instructor of "Creative Writing" at the Herman Teirlinck Instituut in Antwerp.Kristien Hemmerechts published her debut in 1986 with the collection "First Fictions, Introduction 9" which was written in English.