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Alex Vogel

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Alex Vogel has a master's degree in psychology, communication science and American cultural history. He has worked as a radio DJ, was a freelancer for TV companies and TV-production companies, then became a journalist for print and online magazines and has now been working for close to a decade as a dubbing writer, editor and director for various TV-programmes and series.

FOUR DARKS is his first novel.

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Alex has been writing books since round about first grade. Or rather - at that early stage - he drew and wrote books, as we are talking comic books here – consisting of a few sheets of paper stapled together. In third grade he started his first proper novel attempt on an old-timey typewriter – needless to Alex Vogel has a master's degree in psychology, communication science and American cultural history. He has worked as a radio DJ, was a freelancer for TV companies and TV-production companies, then became a journalist for print and online magazines and has now been working for close to a decade as a dubbing writer, editor and director for various TV-programmes and series.

FOUR DARKS is his first novel.

Alternate bio - for the sheer fun of it:

Alex has been writing books since round about first grade. Or rather - at that early stage - he drew and wrote books, as we are talking comic books here – consisting of a few sheets of paper stapled together. In third grade he started his first proper novel attempt on an old-timey typewriter – needless to say he also provided the illustrations.

Fast forward to adulthood (on paper) he did all sorts of things such as considering becoming a fine artist or an actor and writing scripts for audio plays to be aired on his university’s radio station (one character was notably called ‘Bread’, which cracks Alex up to this day). Drama school didn’t want him and advised him to rather consider becoming a comedian.

Instead, Alex went on to working as a professional radio host. Shortly before being booted from university (studying was mostly so tedious that he indulged in being a master procrastinator) he did earn his Master’s degree in American Cultural History (yes, this does indeed exist), Communication Science, as well as Psychology. This equipped him just masterfully to continue his path in the dubious world of entertainment media where he has done about everything from TV to print and online magazines which magically resulted in him becoming a dubbing author and director.

Behind the scenes though he has always been pursuing his own creative projects (in between bouts of artistic depression and despair). Such as not only starting several novels - but also at long last finishing his first one: FOUR DARKS - “known for its dark, violent, and disturbing content, which is balanced by moments of humor, sexiness, and compassion. The writing is captivating, powerful, emotional, and beautiful, with a focus on exploring the complexities of human experience.”
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Four Darks on Instagram

Four Darks now has a long-overdue Instagram presence — where words from the book and art meet to merge into a visually and lyrically stimulating whole.

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Pelsaerts journaal van de ongelukkige reis van het schip Batavia

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“In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me.”
― Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

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