Tessa Vrijmoed

After graduating in Latin and Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗗.𝗠. 𝗩𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗺𝗼𝗲𝗱 (1982) moved to Rome. She has worked as a secretary in a law firm, as a tutor in Latin at an American study center and as a tour guide in the Vatican. She has co-written two travel guides about Rome and now works as a teacher for the Dutch School of Rome.

In 2023 an established Flemish publishing house published her first historical novel. 𝙃𝙚𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖 talks about the children who, in 1944, were born in the bed of the pope. It's a love story about war, hope and the power of music. 𝗩𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗺𝗼𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲.

Other stories: 3 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 3 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 (2024) and 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 (2025).