Maghalie van der Bunt-George

was born in Delft, where her Curaçaoan father studied and married her Dutch mother. She grew up in Curaçao, studied in the Netherlands and returned to the island of her childhood after her studies. She is a child of two worlds and feels deeply connected to both countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Her novel Oro is goud: verhalen van Otrobanda en Nieuw Nederland (Oro is gold: stories of Otrobanda and Nieuw Nederland, 2024) is her debut as a writer. Two neighbourhoods of Willemstad form the setting and at the same time the habitat of extraordinary characters and their love stories, historical tales and adventures. The stories reflect an inextricable bond between the people of Curaçao and the Netherlands, rooted in a shared past.