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Birgitte Wærstad

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Born

Norway

Genre

Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Member Since

March 2022

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As a kid I loved the books of Roald Dahl, Neverending Story and the series of Narnia. As you can see, magic literature was my way into reading, and I`m sure I share that experience with very many others around the world. As a young reader I promised myself to never grow up, because we`ll always need magic in our life. No matter age or where we come from fantasy is a necessity.

Still I love to dive into new fantasy worlds and magical stories. February 2022 I released my own Nordic folklore fantasy book, The Glimmerdash, in Norway. It`s the start of the series about the magic land, Oria.

As an indieauthor, with fantasy as my passion, I was told it`s impossible to achieve success in Norway. So I decided to prove them wrong.

It`s not for every ...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 101 ratings · 48 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Glimmersvippen 4.24 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lysvaken 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dødsgrøss by Aleksander Kirkwood Brown, Monika Steinholm (Goodreads Author), Arne Lindmo 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lightwake: A Norwegian folklore fantasy adventure for young readers (ages 10-14) (Oria Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Birgitte Wærstad liked Mats Johansen's review of Dødsgrøss: "Har ikkje lest denne, men eg har lest det Mørke nettet av Hanne gjerde."
Mar 24, 2026 01:46AM · see review
Birgitte Wærstad and 1 other person liked Caroline's review of Dødsgrøss: "Jeg hadde ELSKET denne boken som barn! Den ser kjempekul ut. Historiene er selvfølgelig for barn, så de møter ikke akkurat standarden jeg er vant med nå, men et par av dem var veldig bra. Fortsatt verdt å kjøpe boken, spesielt siden inntektene går ti" Read more of this review »
Mar 24, 2026 01:46AM · see review
Birgitte Wærstad and 2 other people liked Therese Haugan's review of Dødsgrøss: "11 grøssende og gode noveller ! :) lettlest"
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Birgitte Wærstad made a comment on Henriette Kvaalshagen’s review of Dødsgrøss " Herlig!! "
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Birgitte Wærstad liked Henriette Kvaalshagen's review of Dødsgrøss: "Grøssende historier!"
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Birgitte Wærstad made a comment on Peter’s review of The Glimmerdash (Oria, #1) " Thank you so much for your rec! The sequel is now getting translated to English, so hope you will join for new adventures :) "
Oct 31, 2025 04:35AM · see review
Birgitte Wærstad made a comment on Thea-Louvise’s review of The Glimmerdash (Oria, #1) " Thank you for your lovely rec! "
Oct 31, 2025 04:33AM · see review
Birgitte Wærstad rated a book it was amazing Infernum by Kristian Mehlum Lie	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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