Laura Vroomen was born in the Netherlands in 1972 and now lives and works in London. She was educated at the University of Amsterdam and Warwick University and spent several years teaching English literature and cultural studies before switching to translation. She is now a freelance translator and working on Terug naar de kust by Saskia Noort (Bitter Lemon Press) and Ik zal je beschrijven hoe een dag er hier uitziet by Mirjam Bolle (Audley Press).