author
W. Schippers
1867–1954
Known for warm, faith-centered stories rooted in ordinary life, this Dutch writer published dozens of Christian children's books and family novels. His work grew out of a working-class background and stayed close to the people and places he knew best.
1 Audiobook
Het Uilennest
by W. Schippers
About the author
Born in Groote Lindt in the Netherlands on April 4, 1867, Willem Schippers later lived and worked in Dordrecht. Before becoming widely known as an author, he worked as a factory laborer and metal turner, a background that helped give his fiction its grounded, everyday feel.
Schippers became a prolific writer of Protestant Christian fiction, publishing more than 45 books during his lifetime. He was especially known for children's books and family novels that blended simple storytelling with moral and religious themes, and several of his stories were set in Dutch communities familiar to him.
He died in Dordrecht on June 11, 1954. His books remained well known in Dutch Christian reading circles, and digital archives such as DBNL have preserved parts of his work for new readers.