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This is Micha Meinderts' site. Micha is a Dutch writer currently living in New Hampshire, USA. This page is a short summary of the rest of the pages. Unfortunately, at this point blog and forum is only in Dutch.

About Micha

"Micha Meinderts" is a pen name because I want people to focus on the books, not on the writer. I do not want people to dismiss the stories based on what name is on the cover, for whatever reason.

I've been writing for a long time, but writing to be published only since a year or so. I've tried three genres so far (literature, fantasy and children's) but I would like to try other genres too if I get a good idea for them.

Work

My debut came out in September 2008 in Antwerp. It's the first novel in the Arthur Hartman trilogy (see below). Eventually there will be an English translation (whether or not published remains to be seen) but so far I have only had time to translate the first chapter. If you are a (GLBT) publisher and interested in reading that first chapter to get an idea, just . The second book will be out in March 2010.

The Arthur Hartman trilogy

Three books about a boy growing up in Holland, starting in the late seventies when at age fourteen he finds out that he likes boys better than girls, and ending in the new century when he is about forty and molded by life and experience. The first one is done and will be published later this year, the two others are being worked on.

Book one: Cadence - Arthur is struggling through adolescence, making and losing friends, having his first sexual encounters, finishing high school and signing up for the police academy in Rotterdam. Ultimately he's trying to find out who he is. Published in September 2008.

Book two: Double life (or rather, Living twice) - Arthur is a police officer now and tries to hide his private life from his colleagues, and his work from his (boy)friends. Living two lives is hard, but he figures it's the best way to stay alive in both the police-world and the gay scene. He knows who he is, now he needs to learn to deal with that. Published in March 2010.

Book three - Arthur has mellowed out a bit and is fairly content with his lonely life. Then he meets someone he falls in love with, head over heels. Unfortunately the man is straight as can be and against the background of a strange fraude-case Arthur tries to maintain a feeble friendship. Eventually he comes to terms with who he is and what life itself made him to be.