Jan Zwaaneveld (1957) is a Dutch writer who writes poetry and short stories. He published six books with poetry, four with short stories, a book with stories for children and one with travel reports of his bird trips around the world. The author is a birdwatcher as well as a stargazer. His work has also been published in Dutch magazines and on websites. For The disappearance of the moon he translated his best stories in English.

Wasteland contains 66 poems by the Dutch writer Jan Zwaaneveld. The poems in this book are translations from his earlier work in Dutch. The author published six books with poetry, three with short stories, one with stories for children en one with travel reports of his birdwatching trips around the world. Jan Zwaaneveld is a keen birdwatcher and a stargazer, and both birds and stars and planets can frequently be found in his poems.