Elria Kwant is an enthusiast supporter of the arts and dabbler in writing. She grew up in South Africa during the Apartheid years. Elria is married to Pieter Kwant and has lived in the UK since 1987. Pieter and Elria have four grown-up, married children and eleven grand-children. Together with Pieter, Elria has been involved in Christian literature over the years. Since 1995 she has worked as freelance editor, mainly on large missions projects. Pieter retired from his role as Publishing Director for Langham Partnership at the end of 2022. The couple continue to run their own small publishing/literary agency, Piquant, started in 1999. The arts have been a lifelong interest, ever since their introduction to the complete works, and legacy, of Rookmaaker at Dutch L’Abri!