M.K. Altena

M.K. Altena is a novelist, poet, photographer and storyteller from the Netherlands.

She has authored THE ROOTLESS, a thought-provoking crossover between fact-fiction and magical realism. The Rootless was originally published in Dutch under the title ONTWORTELING.

M.K. Altena is also the author and publisher of the art books SOUL SURVEY and LOVE & DECAY. The latter was published under the pseudonym Lente van ’t Zand and is for sale via Amazon.

As a photographer, she has exhibited in the historical museum of Ephesus (Turkey), in the World Forum Conference Center of The Hague, in St. Giles Church in London and at a speleologists conference in Paris.

Furthermore, M.K. Altena has performed as a poet and storyteller in various venues in the Netherlands, along with Literary Cafe Fra in Prague, The Bowery Poetry Club in New York City and Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Turkey.

M.K. Altena is a specialist in integrating various art disciplines into her storytelling events. She has performed together with a fusion dancer and with various world famous baroque musicians, who were playing viola da gamba and theorbo in support of the featuring story.