Orli Naamani obtained her Master’s Degree in Literature at the University of Amsterdam, as well as studying the Master’s program Redacteur/Editor. After her studies she moved to New York and Washington, DC for several years. After returning to Amsterdam she started at Vassallucci publishing house, worked as a freelance editor, at the Dutch Foundation for Literature and as a rights manager at Ambo|Anthos publishers and Lannoo|Meulenhoff. She is now working on her debut.