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In writing It’s Me, Anna I was able to get rid of a certain anger in myself and commit a (fictitious) murder. At the end of the story Anna has blood on her hands. And then I started to feel guilty. Because I now do have the “normal” life I desired so intensely as a child. I have a husband who is interested not only in my body; I have two wonderful children. What does the fictitious Anna have? What happened to her after the murder of her stepfather? This question was echoed by many readers of It’s Me, Anna.

After Die besoeker (The visitor) I did research for a new manuscript. I was in fact ready to start writing it. But the question remained in my mind: What had become of Anna? It kept on bothering me. So I put the research I’d done aside and started again on the fictitious Anna. She is not me. But I could have been her – if I had lived out my fantasy.

And now I dedicate this Anna to all the readers of It’s Me, Anna. And especially to those of you who asked the question and prompted me to think of an answer.

Also to Antoinette Louw – because you gave such an excellent portrayal of Anna in the stage version of the novel.

And to Lafras, Chris and Joice – thank you for giving me the space to do what I must do.

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