(bron: wikipedia)Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018
She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij. Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983. Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books.[Algemeen Dagblad, 23 February 2013, "Paspoort Renate Dorrestein - De winst van iedere crisis is... meer]
