Dirk J. Barreveld

Dirk Jan Barreveld was born in 1941 in the central part of the Netherlands, about 30 kilometers south of Amsterdam. He grew up on a dairy farm. Because of a severe form of hay-fever he went to the Amsterdam Naval College in the Netherlands and the Royal Netherlands Naval College and spent 10 years as officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy and merchant navy. After his career at sea he became an international transport specialist. He worked for several large transport companies, among others Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, international institutions, and foreign governments. He also has a Master’s degree in Economic Science from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He started writing in the mid-nineties. He came across the story of his latest book (Cushing’s Coup) during a stint as visiting professor Economic Science in Cebu, Philippines.