Lian Ong (1956) studied illustration in Rotterdam. More or less by accident she ended up as a comic artist in the 1980’s. Her book Stuifmeel (Pollen), a romance between an middle-aged woman and a gay acrobat, was a sensation when it was published in 1989, being one of the first graphic novels in the Dutch language.
Although she did publish a few more stories after her debut, Lian Ong lost interest in comics. Nowadays she concentrates on other things, such as tai-chi.
