Marcia van der Schaaf

Love, sex and real lives that are sometimes wilder than fiction.

Marcia van der Schaaf began her writing journey with blogs and sexy short stories about love and sexuality, before finding her place in narrative non-fiction. Today, she dives into extraordinary lives and turns true stories into books that read like novels.

One of those stories became Alias Tom – Het echte leven van een gigolo (Alias Tom – The Real Life of a Gigolo), based on the life of Guido and his alter ego, Tom Smith. It's a candid story about desire, intimacy, insecurity, self-discovery and the man behind a profession everyone seems to have an opinion about.

And the best part? Marcia isn't coming to Romance Festival alone.

She's bringing Tom the gigolo with her. 👀

Ever wondered what the life of a real gigolo is actually like? This is your chance to find out.