Johanna Van Zanten is an immigrant to Canada from The Netherlands (1982). As she continued her job as a social worker, she discovered the life-altering gift of writing later in life when she began writing short stories. When some of these stories made the shortlist in contests and were published, she took courage and expanded into writing novels. Now retired from her day job, she enjoys her life writing, dividing her time between Canada and Mexico.
""Johanna van Zanten delivers on that score in this well-researched historical fiction novel inspired by her parents, who lived through the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during WW II."" -- Martha Engber, Author of The Falcon, The Wolf and The Hummingbird.