Madzy Brender À BrandisMadzy Brender à Brandis came from a sheltered background, but she was an independent-minded and adventurous young woman. She studied law, and before the war she lived for a few years in the U.S., where she began writing. None of this, however, prepard her for the deprivations and dangers of life in the wartime Netherlands. Marianne Brandis is a full-time professional writer of fiction and non-fiction; most of her books have a strong historical element. www.mariannebrandis.ca. Read More Read Less