Johan van Dorsten

Johan van Dorsten (25 September 1926 – 9 March 2020) was a Dutch writer of Protestant Christian novels.
Biography.
Van Dorsten already wanted starting writing when he was young. However, his father wanted him to go for a "real" job, what he did. When he got a daughter, after two sons, he wrote a childeren's book. Later Alains book about Staphorst. But because the revenue was too low, he stopped writing. When he was fired due to cuts of the company, aged 57, he continued with his passion of writing books. He wrote about 40 books, some are also an E-book.
Almost all of his novels are set in the Overijssel countryside, the region where he grew up and which he knew like the back of his hand. For his latest book he received inspiration and information from his cousin Dieks Horsman, also writer and storyteller.
Van Dorsten, lived for a long time in Herxen. He died on 9 March 2020 in a care home in Wijhe, aged 93.