Mieke Leenders is a freelance writer and published author with a masters degree in Art History and certificates in Teaching and Editing. Her short fiction has been published in The Abstract Elephant, a magazine that explores the human condition. Originally from Belgium, she set out on a solo backpacking trip in 2017, which led her to put down temporary roots in Costa Rica. Mieke is passionate about travel, literature, photography, social justice, animal welfare, and art.
In May of 1889, Vincent van Gogh checks himself into an insane asylum after cutting off his left ear. At the same time very close by, a girl starts a diary.