Sasja Janssen is a poet, novelist and short story writer. Her novel De kamerling (The Chamberlain) was published by Querido in 2001, followed by Teresa zegt (Teresa says) in 2005. From 2006 she primarily has written poetry, which has been published in the collections Papaver (2007); Wie wij schuilen (Whom We Shield; 2010), Ik trek mijn species aan (Putting My Species On; 2014), nominated for the prestigious VSB Poetry Prize, followed in 2017 by Happy. Her poetry has had brilliant reviews.

Janssen performs at several national and international poetry festivals. She teaches poetry writing, and is a teacher of Dutch as a second language. Her website is here.