Rox­ane van Iperen (1976), is a for­mer lawyer, inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ist and author. Her debut nov­el was award­ed a lit­er­ary prize. Her sec­ond book is based on the sto­ry of two Jew­ish sis­ters head­ing a safe­house dur­ing WWII: The High Nest. In 2012, Rox­ane moved into The High Nest, and embarked on a six-year inves­ti­ga­tion, lead­ing to The Sis­ters of Auschwitz.