Saskia Goldschmidt is a writer, playwright, theatre producer and former drama and communications teacher in the Netherlands. She studied at the Arts Academy Utrecht. Her previous novels, The Hormone Factory (2013) and Vintage Queen (2015) have been bestsellers in several countries and translated into six languages. Film rights have been sold to the French production company Film Talents for The Hormone Factory, which was also made into a 12-episode radio serial and podcast. She has also written non-fiction related to her family’s traumatic wartime experiences during the occupation of the Netherlands.