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.

Novel (2021) | Querido

Novel (2024) | Querido

"An engaged writer, Leonieke Baerwaldt, and also original."

De Volkskrant, the talents of 2022

“An enigmatically beautiful novel.”

Trouw

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

TZUM

"An engaged writer, Leonieke Baerwaldt, and also original."

De Volkskrant, the talents of 2022