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Gideon Samson is a Dutch children’s writer.

Gideon Samson was born in 1985 in The Hague, Netherlands. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a football player, but eventually became a writer, like his mother. Before that, however, he had to try a number of professions, from courier and salesman to driver and coach. His first book, Don’t Say Anything! (Niks zeggen!), published in 2008, addressed the issue of bullying and received a Vlag en Wimpel (a special mention from the jury of the Dutch children’s literature award).

His subsequent works, Heaven Can Wait (De hemel kan wachten) and Black Swan (Zwa…

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