Inez van Dullemen worked briefly as a speech therapist, taught acting and worked with her partner Erik Vos, the director on various projects for Appeltheater. She began writing short stories, novels and travelogues for magazines and newspapers before turning to playwriting. Travel has been the focus of her life and work, including the inner journey to other people’s dreams and fears and the outer journey to other countries, people and threatened cultures. She has been awarded prizes for her journalism and fiction and in 1989 the Anna Bijns prize for her contribution to literature.