Westera made her debut as children's book author in 1999 with the book
Wil je met me trouwen? Westera went on to win numerous awards for her work, including the
Gouden Griffel and the
Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2015 for her poetry collection
Doodgewoon (with illustrations by
Sylvia Weve). The previous time a poetry collection won the Gouden Griffel award was twenty years prior in 1995 (
Ted van Lieshout's
Begin een torentje van niks). Westera's books have been illustrated by many illustrators, including
Annemarie van Haeringen,
Barbara de Wolf,
Harmen van Straaten,
Yvonne Jagtenberg and
Sylvia Weve. == Awards ==