Jesse Goossens
Jesse Goossens (Hilversum, 1969) is a writer. Her diverse oeuvre comprises travel novels, a detective novel, works on theatre, a young-adult novel and several interview collections on topics of social justice. She also worked for a considerable time as a radio host and cultural journalist, and acted and sang for ten years in a small theatre production.
Her work is characterized by a fervent search for what moves people–their passions, their motivations, their lives…
For her book, Plastic Soup, Jesse traveled to the United States and several European countries to interview people who are involved with the issue of plastic waste; from Captain Moore–the discoverer of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch–to recyclers, from representatives of the plastic industry to delegates of environmental organizations, and from the Dutch Secretary for Environment to the director of UNEP New York.
During her travels Jesse kept a blog (www.plasticsoep.nl and www.plasticsoup.org), entries of which are in Plastic Soup.
