death_date death_place children birth_place nationality name birth_date period spouse genre article_title birth_name occupation
2001 netherlands four netherlands dutch dora van der meiden-coolsma 1918 1936-1980 ds . j.a. van der meiden juvenile dora van der meiden-coolsma
 theodora hermina coolsma author
dora van der meiden-coolsma

theodora hermina `` dora '' van der meiden-coolsma -lrb- 1918 -- 2001 -rrb- was a dutch columnist and the writer of 23 children 's books , also under the pen name constanze hazelager .
seven of these books were written together with coos covens .
as the daughter and wife of dutch reformed ministers , and the granddaughter of the missionary sierk coolsma , many of her stories were on christian topics .
some books were set in suriname where she had lived during the years 1951-1955 .
from suriname , she wrote columns for the daily newspapers nieuwsblad van het noorden and the nieuwe rotterdamsche courant .
van der meiden-coolsma was the mother of four children , among whom historian and translator pim van der meiden .
