Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who is best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.
Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally writ…
The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist. He worked at a psychiatric clinic, and was later a freelance journalist for Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen. Loe now lives and works in Oslo where in 1998 he co-f…
Helene Uri is a Norwegian linguist, novelist, and children's writer. She has published a number of novels, children's books and young adult novels, as well as nonfiction books.
Hilde Hagerup is a Norwegian novelist and author of children's literature. She is the daughter of Klaus Hagerup. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book in 2002 for Løvetanns…
Ingvild H. Rishøi was born and raised in Oslo and hers is a wildly willful voice in fiction. She has consistently wowed readers with her pared down yet powerful storytelling, with an acute eye for the…
Ruth Lillegraven was born in 1978 in Hardanger, Norway, where she grew up on a small farm. She debuted as an author with a poetry collection in 2005. Since then she has written sixteen books, includin…
Brynjulf Jung Tjønn is an author and journalist who lives in Oslo, Norway. He made his literary début with the novel Eg kom for å elske in 2002 and his début as a children’s author with Tomorrow We Wi…
Alf Prøysen (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970), was a writer and musician from Norway. His Mrs. Pepperpot books established him as a children's author. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian c…
Kathrine Nedrejord (f. 1987) bor og studerer i Paris. Hun debuterte i 2010 med romanen Transitt, som fikk strålende kritikker. Trengsel er hennes andre roman.
Helga Flatland har bachelorgrad i Nordisk språk og litteratur fra Universitetet i Oslo og har tatt treårig utdanning på tekstforfatterlinjen på Westerdals School of Communication. Hun debuterte med ro…
Sanne Mathiassen (f. 1983) er forfatter og nestleder i NBU og har gått NBIs forfatterstudium. Hun debuterte i 2012 med den kritikerroste ungdomsromanen Dagene før mai. Mia har forlatt chatten er henne…
Else Kåss Furuseth is a Norwegian standup comedian, actress, reporter, and television presenter. Some of her best known work includes the tv comedy show Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen (2009 - 2014) and the …
Mímir Kristjánsson er samfunnsdebattant, forfatter og politiker. Han har vært nyhetssjef i Klassekampen, og har i tillegg til Jon Michelet. En Folkets helt (2021) gitt ut bøkene Mamma er trygda (2019)…
MARTA BREEN (b. 1976) is an author of non-fiction with a number of publications to her name. Among other things, she has written the story of women in Norwegian music, the book ”Born Feminist” and the…
Maria Kjos Fonn (f. 1990) ble nominert til Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris og mottok Aschehougs debutantstipend for novellesamlingen Dette har jeg aldri fortalt til noen i 2014. Romanen Kinderwhore kom ut…
Marie Grønborg Aubert er født i 1979 og bosatt i Oslo. Kan jeg bli med deg hjem er hennes debutbok. For åpningsnovellen i denne samlingen vant Marie Aubert novellekonkurransen Litteratur på Blå arrang…
Hilde Charlotte Blomberg (f. 1970 i Oslo, bosatt i Ørje) er cand. mag og sosionom – og har studert ved Forfatterstudiet i Tromsø. Blomberg driver også med fotokunst. Blomberg debuterte som forfatter i…
Kamilla Danielsen (f. 1990) har gått på Forfatterstudiet i Bø. Hun debuterte i 2023 med romanen Diskomus på venteværelset som tok både kritikere og lesere med storm. Høsten 2025 ga hun ut sin andre ro…
Oliver Lovrenski (b. 2003) grew up in Norway and has a Croatian background. His literary debut, Back in the Day, is an intense, poetic and raw coming-of-age novel from contemporary city life.
