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Slipper by Hester Velmans5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() I started writing Slipper when my kids were little. I helped my mom and dad write their books ( Edith’s Story and Long Way Back to the River Kwai: Memories of World War II) and then had the opportunity to translate books. We moved here permanently 14 years ago.Īfter I got married, I quit my high-stress job and stayed home with my kids. My parents and his parents had places in the Berkshires, so we came here every weekend as our kids were growing. I met my husband, who was working in Westchester, and moved there. I came to New York in my middle twenties, when I was working for an international TV news agency. I grew up all over Europe, spent most of my high school and earlier years in Geneva, and went to college in England. 11 to discuss her new novel, "Slipper," which is “not the fairy tale you remember.” Watch a trailer of the book, created by Sheffield filmmaker Ben Hillman, on the author’s website. Velmans is the author of two children’s books, "Isabel of the Whales" and "Jessaloup’s Song." She and Matt Tannenbaum, owner of The Bookstore in Lenox, will be appearing at The Mount on Oct. She is tri-lingual, speaking English, French and Dutch, and specializes in translation of contemporary Dutch and French literature. Born in the Netherlands and educated in Switzerland and England, Hester Velmans is an author, editor and renowned translator who lives in Sheffield, Mass. ![]()
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