Career
Her family immigrated to The Netherlands when she was four years old. After finishing high school she went to college, but quit to start a career in writing. She met author Yvonne Kroonenberg at a lecture who got her into contact with publisher "Contact", resulting in her first book, "The Way North".
The novel became very popular among Dutch youths.
In 2002 her second novel The Devil"s Lover appeared and the story bundle became an instant bestseller. In September 2006 her third and most controversial book appears, The Expelled One is full of explicit content and criticism of religious dogmatism.
Uitgeverij Contact calls it "The Moroccan-Dutch Turks Fruit" (referring to the famous taboo breaking January Wolkers novel).
