Leonieke Baerwaldt

About Leonieke Baerwaldt

Leonieke Baerwaldt was born in 1985.

She studied philosophy and literary studies,

published short stories at Papieren Helden, De Gids, and De Revisor, among others.

Her debut novel This is where we come from (2021)

and her second book Days like strange symptoms (2024)

were published by Querido Publishers.

Novels

Hier komen wij vandaan book cover

This is where we come from

Novel (2021) | Querido
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Dagen als vreemde symptomen book cover

Days like strange symptoms

Novel (2024) | Querido
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In the press

“Shockingly painful and beautifully described is Mia's condition, who will never be able to do what her peers can do.”

De Groene Amsterdammer

“It's really impressive. It is a mosaic story (...) and she succeeds with gusto. Keep an eye on that name. '

Ruth Joos, Brommer op Zee

“Thanks to Baerwaldt's recycling of fables, myths, and fairy tales by Andersen and Grimm, we experience what binds us, humans.”

TZUM

“In Days Like Strange Symptoms, you stay glued to the beautiful sentences and the voids between them.”

TZUM