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She studied Mass Communication at the University of Amsterdam and initially worked as a journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her books are groundbreaking: the biography <em>Anna. The Life of Annie M.G. Schmidt<\/em>, <em>Sonny Boy<\/em>, <em>Bernhard. A Hidden History<\/em>, <em>Murder in Blood Street<\/em>, <em>Gerard Heineken<\/em>, <em>The American Princess<\/em>, <em>The Fall of Annika S.<\/em>, <em>Leon &amp; Juliette<\/em> (Book Week gift 2020), <em>Fortune&#8217;s Children<\/em>, <em>The Snowdrop Forest<\/em> and her most recent <em>The Floating World<\/em> (August 2025). With sharp research and compelling prose, she brings forgotten or hidden stories from Dutch history to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: Els Zweerink<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26138,"parent":0,"menu_order":33,"template":"","agenda_activity":[555],"agenda_language":[243],"class_list":["post-26144","agenda","type-agenda","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","agenda_activity-gesprek-en","agenda_language-dutch-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Annejet van der Zijl - Leeuwarden City of Literature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/annejet-van-der-zijl-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Annejet van der Zijl - Leeuwarden City of Literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the invitation of the Heerenveen Literary Activities Foundation (SLAH), Annejet van der Zijl is coming to Heerenveen. 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