Ragini Werner

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I was born on April 10, 1954, in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Dutch parents. When I was four years old, my family moved to New Zealand, where I grew up speaking English. In 1976, I left New Zealand and lived in Sydney, Australia, and London, England, before finally settling in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1980.

In Amsterdam, I worked for Elsevier in various roles, including corporate journalist and editor of the magazine ESP World, which was later renamed Elsevier Science World, from 1986 to 1996.

In 2000, I moved to the far north of the Netherlands and established an editing and translation business. My passion for writing continued to grow, leading to the publication of my first full-length novel, "Revealing Philippa," in 2015. This book tells
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"A wonderful looking-for-love story set in London and Amsterdam circa late 1979/early 1980.

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"No matter who you love or how you love, Becoming Janice is filled with characters and moments that remind you of finding love and both the right and wrong roads we take to get there. An easy and absorbing read. Highly reccomend."
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