Marita Fossum (born 14 March 1965) is a Norwegian writer. Her literary debut was the novel Verden utenfor (2002). She was awarded the Brage Prize in 2005 for the novel Forestill deg.
Den boken ble litt for merkelig for mitt vedkommende (og jeg er stor tilhenger av bøker som beskriver psykiske lidelser/tilstander. Men denne ble kort fortalt - for merkelig!