Tijs Goldschmidt was born in Amsterdam, studied biology at the University of Amsterdam and lived and worked as a researcher on Lake Victoria from 1981 to 1986. He describes his experience in Tanzania as ‘watching evolution take place in real time’. In 1993 he gave up his job as a university researcher to dedicate himself to writing.
Goldschmidt is an internationally acclaimed expert on the evolutionary biologist and ecologist. Darwin’s Dreampond was awarded the prestigious Science Prize from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research, and shortlisted for the major AKO Literature Prize. The work has been translated into, amongst other languages, English, French, German and Japanese. Since Darwin's Dreampond, he has published and written several books of essays on art, culture and nature. In 2001 he was awarded the Jan Hanlo Essay Prize.

More information: Review of Darwin's Dreampond by Danny Yee