author
1850–1924
A Dutch writer of stories for children and young readers, she filled her books with everyday adventure, friendship, and moral warmth. Her work appeared steadily from the late 19th century into the early 20th, especially in fiction for girls.
by Suze (Suzanna Maria) Andriessen
Suzanna Maria Andriessen, usually published as Suze Andriessen, was a Dutch author born in 1850 and died in 1924. Surviving library and literary records show her as a prolific writer for jeugdliteratuur—children’s and young adult literature—whose books were published across several decades.
Her bibliography includes titles such as Bosch en duin (1878), Heide en veld, Klimop (1894), Slot Hemsrode (1898), Vera, and Nanny (1907). The titles and subtitles connected with her work show a strong focus on stories for meisjes—girls—along with domestic fiction, character-building tales, and light adventure written for young readers.
Records in the Dutch literary database DBNL also indicate that Andriessen was active beyond authorship alone: she is credited as the illustrator for a Dutch edition of Franz Hoffmann’s De landman uit Uri. A confirmed modern portrait was not readily available from the sources consulted, but her body of work clearly places her among the many writers who shaped Dutch children’s reading at the turn of the century.