Marcel MöringHolland's most famous author, Marcel Möring, was born in 1957 in Enschede, and he now lives in Rotterdam. He decided to become a writer at the age of thirteen.After studying Dutch literature for two years and writing and directing plays, Möring publihed his aclaimed first novel, 'Mendels Erfenis' in 1990. His second, 'Het Grote Verlangen' ('The Great Longing') won the AKO Prize, the Dutch equivalent of the Booker Prize, and sold over 100,000 copies in the Netherlands alone. Read More Read Less