I am the author of the novels Duet and Elders and the literary nonfiction book Ocher, as well as many pieces of literary criticism for De Groene Amsterdammer. I spent many years wandering around the world and lived in New York, Boston, Jerusalem, Budapest, Berlin, Oslo, London and Florence. Along the way, I completed an MA in Gender Studies and a PhD in Jewish Studies, and I had my daughter, June. Now we live in Amsterdam, where I teach at the Schrijversvakschool and work as an editor at Central European University Press. As a result of both geography and personality, I have a lifelong love for outsiders and truth-tellers.

My creative work has been supported by Tin House, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, the Unexpected Shape Community, the Dutch Foundation for Literature and the Amarte Foundation. Currently, I serve on the jury for the Martinus Nijhoff Translation Prize, the largest prize for translators in the Netherlands. My own work has appeared in German and Hungarian translation. These days I am working on a new book.

I am represented by Geula Geurts at The Deborah Harris Agency.