Joost Zwagerman was born on November 18, 1963 in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands as Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus Zwagerman. He was a writer, known for De wereld draait door (2005), Barend en Van Dorp (1990) and Aan tafel: Achter de schermen van De Wereld Draait Door (2015). He died on September 8, 2015 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland.