Adriaan Verheul

Adriaan Verheul was born in Venezuela to Dutch parents. He worked as an academic with the Dutch navy, as a United Nations human rights officer and peacekeeper, World Bank official, and independent foreign affairs consultant. His work took him to conflict and disaster zones on four continents. Somehow, he ended up in the business of demobilizing rebels and soldiers after civil war. He has degrees from Leyden University and lives in Northern Virginia. Writing a novel, or two, has been a lifelong ambition having grown up in a household full of books. In 2022, he and his wife Mandy crossed the Atlantic on their sailing boat and plan to cruise the Mediterranean for the next two years or so.