I'd like to use a cover that fits the story. I am blessed to be friends with a gifted artist (Edith Wawrowska) who already had the orginal cover design and i thought it was just perfect. For future projects we would like to work together again and find a nice design for the cover.

1. 1984 - George Orwell
Great book that had a vision about the society of the future. A vision that's turning out to be very plausible

2. American Psycho – Brett Easton Ellis
Comically dark and intensely written, a lot more graphic and enigmatic than the movie

3. Song of Ice and Fire books – George R.R. Martin
Massive saga done right. George R.R. Martin has a real knack for writing intertwining storylines, fleshed out characters and big scale action scenes.

4. Chariots of the gods - Erich von Däniken
Could be seen as a fascinating work of thought out fiction. But some of the theories in this book just tickly the imagination “what if there is life in outer space?”

5. The Poet – Michael Connelly
Connelly is to crime novels, what The Wire does for TV. I love the Harry Bosch character (really hope the new tv-show gets green lit) but my favorite novel has Journalist Jack McEvoy as a persistent anti-hero. The story has a great mystery with a surprising conclusion.

There are a lot more books and writers I could mention here, but these are the ones I read and stood by me for several reasons.

All kinds of books, I have a broad interest in things, so It could be a crime novel or fantasy novel. Other times I like a good book about movies and art.

I own a small tablet, but mostly, I still read books the old fashion way.

Messy. I like to have stuff around. I have a recordplayer next to my computer, so when i am busy writing, i'd love to put on some good music.

I grew up in a small town called Klimmen, in the south of the Netherlands. It's a very quiet town with a great community. A lot of places and characters in my writing find their roots in locations and people of the town.

I started writing at elementary school. We had a schoolpaper and because i loved fantasy stories, i start writing them for the schoolpaper. Also a lot of stories came to life when i was playing with my action figures as kid.

Strangely enough I had a whole different story in mind. But as I started writing, it took a different course and I let my imagination run wild. It resulted in a satisfying body of work. I wanted to create a story that took place in a small community where the presence of all characters could be felt in the little things.

I’ve always wanted to create stories, the day I first saw the movie Ghostbusters. I was about 4 years old and it scared the hell out of me, but that fear also fascinated me. As I got older I took interest in horror novels and movies and I knew, pretty early on, that I wanted to be a writer.

At the moment I’m working on different stories. I am planning to publish my short stories I wrote over the years. For my next novel I am working on a story that has a 50’s monster movies feel set in the 90’s. Other projects include a Sci-fi story and a Hostage drama.

Favourite authors include: Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Michael Connelly, George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, George Orwell, Brett Easton Ellis among others.