Anne de Graaf (born 1959) is an American-born Dutch academic, diversity advocate and is the author of over 80 books, with 5 million sold worldwide. She has won the International Historical Fiction

Christy Award The Christy Awards, established in 1999, are awarded each year to recognize fiction of excellence written from a Christian perspective with matters of faith at its core. Awards are given in nine categories, including romance, suspense, visionary ...

in 2000 for ''Out of the Red Shadow'', the final book of her ''Hidden Harvest'' series, and the East European Christian Children's Book Award in 2007 for ''Dance Upon the Sea''. Anne de Graaf currently teaches Human Rights and Human Security; and Peace Lab at Amsterdam University College and serves as the Chief Diversity Officer at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

. Anne de Graaf was born in San Francisco, graduated from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, and received her PhD in International Relations from the

University of St. Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, t ...

. Her doctoral thesis, ''Speaking Peace into Being: Voice, Youth And Agency in a Deeply Divided Society','' focused on the impact of the youth in post-conflict nations. Anne has lived in Ireland and the Netherlands with her husband and their two children. Besides her work as an author, lecturer and Chief Diversity Officer, de Graaf has also worked as a journalist for the Dutch National Press Club, and as an economics translator for the Dutch government. She is a member of the British Society of Authors in London and the Rotary Club Westland-Polanen in The Netherlands.

Awards

* ''Out of the Red Shadow'', Christy Award in 2000 * ''Dance Upon the Sea'', 2nd prize for East European Christian Children's Book Award in 2007 *TEDxAUCollege, ''The Children's Voices'', 2015

References

External links

* * (one under 'De Graaf, Anne')
University of Amsterdam, Bio
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