A bit of life history:
I was born in Belfast in 1978 to a Northern Irish mother and a Dutch father, so I write in Dutch and English. Now I live in Brighton and work as a full time writer.
I was a victim of my father’s insatiable wanderlust. Much of my childhood was based in Yemen and the South of Ireland but I also lived in Romania, Morrocco and Holland to name just a few more countries. Nowadays, I aim to stay in England and perhaps go on holiday occasionally; though I advocate going on holiday in your home town in order to get to know it better.
Some recent writing success stories:
I was shortlisted for the Eric Gregory Award 2006 in Great Britain. Most of the poems I sent in to that were based on the manuscript for 'Girl in the air' which is going to be to be published by Pighog press later this year.
I have also had publications accepted in British national journals and magazines such as Magma, Mslexia, Frogmore papers, Aesthetica and Iota.
Other bits and pieces you might like to know:
In 2003 I won a Netherlands national ‘Write Now’ award for a poem called ‘Mijn Buurt.’ At that time I also taught creative writing at the American Bookshop in the Hague.
Since returning to England, I have read on BBC radio, set up Mouth Cabaret during the Brighton Fringe Festival, worked at the Rotterdam International Poetry Festival and spent lots of time working with The South Literature Network.