柯麗·鄧·波姆（1892－1983年），生長於荷蘭的一個基督教傢庭，是一名鍾錶匠。二次世界大戰期間，她和她的傢人幫助、收容瞭許多受到迫害的猶太人，並因此被送入瞭納粹的集中營。她的父親和大姐都死在集中營裏，而幸存下來的柯麗則在戰後四處演講她在戰時的經曆以及上帝的恩典和引領。她的見證感動並安慰瞭許多人，也包括那些曾經迫害過她的德國人。1971年，由她與約翰·謝裏爾、伊麗莎白·謝裏爾閤著的自傳《密室》問世；1975年同名的電影全球發行。

柯麗·鄧·波姆榮獲瞭荷蘭女王授予的爵士封號，並獲得瞭以色列授予的國傢正義奬。1983年，在她91歲生日當天，在美國去世。

Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorable faith. In World War II, she and her family risked their lives to help Jews escape the Nazis, and their reward was a trip to Hitler's concentration camps. But she survived and was released--as a result of a clerical error--and now shares the story of how faith triumphs over evil.

For thirty-five years Corrie's dramatic life story, full of timeless virtues, has prepared readers to face their own futures with faith, relying on God's love to overcome, heal, and restore. Now releasing in a thirty-fifth anniversary edition for a new generation of readers, The Hiding Place tells the riveting story of how a middle-aged Dutch watchmaker became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's death camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century.