Gregor Verwijmeren studied Language and Culture Studies at Utrecht University and guitar at the conservatory in the same town. He published fiction and essays in – among others – De Gids and Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine. In 2018 De vorm van geluid (The shape of sound) was published by Van Oorschot, the oldest surviving independent publisher in the Netherlands.

De Alpenfederatie (The Alpine Federation), his second novel, was published in March 2025 and is intended as the first part of a separate trilogy about climate, social inequality and polarization. For this novel Gregor received a project grant from the Dutch Foundation for Literature. Besides writing Gregor works at the library of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. He is a father of three and enjoys cooking and playing tennis in his spare time.