Pim Wiersinga launched his career with Honingvogels (Honeybirds, 1992), a novel situated in the Antwerp Zoo during the roaring twenties. Mr. Wiersinga is a bi-lingual (English and Dutch) writer whose subsequent work, a massive canvas set in Antiquity, Gracchanten (Gracchae, 1995), demonstrates his dedication to the craft of historical fiction. Mr. Wiersinga is currently completing a novel on Eleonora, Duchess of Aquitaine.
