Linda Coffie

is better known on Bonaire as Tan Linda. Since 1987 she has presented radio-programmes, in which she tells stories to children. She performs regularly at various occasions, to tell her stories to younger and older audiences. Her poems and short stories were published in newspapers. In 1986 she won a first and a second prize in different categories in a short story contest. Her first collection of short stories, Tante Linda ta konta. Rekuerdonan di tempu balioso (Tante Linda tells stories. Memories of a valuable time), was published in 2002.