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Marieke Nijkamp (she/they) is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of novels, graphic novels, and comics, including This Is Where It Ends, After We Burned, Splinter & Ash, and many other critically acclaimed titles for young readers, young adults, and geeky older adults. When she isn’t writing, Marieke loves to garden, roll dice, and daydream. She lives and writes in Small Town, the Netherlands.
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Marieke Nijkamp is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of novels, graphic novels, and comics. Her work includes This Is Where It Ends, After We Burned, Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin, the Ink Girls series, the Splinter & Ash series, and many other critically acclaimed titles for young readers, young adults, and geeky older adults. She edited the much lauded anthology Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens.
Marieke is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, and geek. Before pursuing her lifelong passion for writing, she majored in philosophy and medieval history. She loves to go on adventures, garden, roll dice, and daydream. Marieke Nijkamp lives and writes in Small Town, The Netherlands.
Marieke was the founder of DiversifYA and was a founding sr. VP of We Need Diverse Books. Find Marieke on Instagram and Bluesky.
Photos
credit: Karin Nijkamp
credit: JLF
credit: JLF
Credit: Karin Nijkamp
Books
For more information about Marieke’s books, comics, short stories, click here.
Marieke’s agents are Suzie Townsend and Sophia M. Ramos at New Leaf Literary.