Amsterdam · Fiction · Poetry
Novelist · Poet · Storyteller
An Amsterdam-based novelist whose debut novel The Unforeseen traces the lives of three women across two continents and several decades — a story of adversity, windfall, and the grace of unexpected closure.
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Cibelle grows up in the sun-drenched countryside of Oaxaca, raised by her grandparents and gifted with an artist's eye. Her mother Eisa chases fame in Los Angeles, only to find that true love arrives and vanishes in the most unexpected ways. And Solana, the grandmother whose voice once filled the nightclubs of...
About the Author
Stella Jansen is an Amsterdam-based novelist and poet whose debut novel The Unforeseen was published in 2022. Her second novel, Facing the Music, is forthcoming.
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From the Journal
July 11, 2026
CHAPTER VIII SERRATO (STOCKY, HURRIED) The Rosebud offered little in the way of charm or innocence; perhaps only the tender age of some of its hostesses and dancers—mostly...
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Baguio Girl She came to the interview with Carla (June’s sister we found out later) and I was relieved that at least she wasn’t too humble to speak, like the ones who came...
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