Judy Lohman

About Judy Lohman

Judy (Junte and Diety) Lohman is the alias of a Dutch writers couple, active since 2008. (www.judylohman.nl)

Like the British couple Nicci French, they write literary thrillers, but also novels and travel books. Moreover they write columns and articles for magazines and newspapers.

Diety Lohman was born and raised in Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. As a child she lived on a farm in a remote and sparsely populated area. She studied Economics (with honors) at the University of Amsterdam. After completing her studies she worked as a consultant with Ernst & Young and later on as a manager in the non-profit sector.

Her motto?

‘’Writing together? We should have started much earlier.’’

Junte Lohman was born as the son of a painter, and grew up in a small forester's cottage, together with his elder brother. He studied sociology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and, as a Harkness Fellow, City Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In America he worked as a transportation planner. After returning to the Netherlands he became a partner in a Dutch management consulting firm and later on the director of a Charity Organization.

His motto?

‘’Writing is like sculpting with words. It reminds me of my father's work as a painter.’’

Most of their books are inspired by true stories. The couple also draws inspiration from their months’ long travels. For many years they traveled in a nine meter long converted truck through Europe and North-America, always camping in the wild or with farmers. Also they rented houses in foreign countries, such as Morocco, for extended periods of time, experiences that found their way into their books. Since a couple of years they have a little writers cottage, where they find the peace and inspiration to write.

All of Judy Lohman’s books are available as ebooks. The novels ‘Getekend’ and ‘Op Drift’ are also available in paperback through Amazon.com, or Amazon.de.

Thrillers:

Judy Lohman made their author debut in 2009 with the literary thriller ‘Project Eva’ (written in Dutch) published with Archipel/Arbeiderspers. This work of autofiction tells the story of a succesful career woman who becomes the victim of envy and struggles to survive.

In 2012 the literary thriller ‘De laatste dag van de Struisvogel’ saw the daylight. It tells the story of a career woman who carries with her a lifelong secret.

Novels:

In 2010 the couple published the novel ‘Getekend’, based on the true story of a farmer who is wrongly accused of sexual abuse, an accusation which hunts him fort he rest of his life, even after his innocence is proven. In 2013 the English translation of this book was published under the title: ‘Stigmatized; caught in the American dream’.

In 2014 the couple published ‘ZuZu, een dochter in een pressure cooker’, the story of a poor Myanmar girl that was invited by Judy Lohman to live with them in Holland for three months. A gripping confrontation of two worlds.

Judy Lohman’s latest novel ‘Op Drift’ (2019) is a fascinating story of an adopted girl in search of her roots and coming to terms with her long concealed adoption

Travel books:

The couple wrote two travel books:

‘How did you find us (2012), written in English, focuses on America.

‘Het onbekende Italië’ (2009), written in the Dutch language (2009) focuses on Italy. It consists of three separate parts: De Marken, Abruzzo, and Lazio/Maremma.