Background
Veldkamp was born in Groningen and studied psychology at the University of Groningen.
Veldkamp was born in Groningen and studied psychology at the University of Groningen.
In 1990 he turned to writing children"s books His first book, Een ober van niks, was published in 1992. Since then, he combines writing books with writing for the Dutch Donald Duck magazine.
In 2009 he was awarded a Silver Griffel for Tiffany Dop, and in 2010 he was asked to produce the 2011 Kinderboekenweekgeschenk.
In 2012, he translated Dav Pilkey"s Captain Underpants series into Dutch.