Anna van Praag

Anna van Praag (b. 1967) is a Dutch children’s writer who, after having lived in Spain for six years, moved back to Amsterdam with her husband in 2014 to run a “peace inn” by the River IJ. Van Praag has written almost 20 children’s books, mostly for readers of 8 and up. In 2012, her first 12+ book was published, Kom hier Rosa (Come Here, Rosa) about a girl who returns from Spain to the Netherlands. A Very Special Girl is her second YA novel.