Meet the Authors
Behind every title, there is an author – sometimes an illustrator as well.
Here you can learn more about our selected-title authors.

Sigri Sandberg - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Sigri Sandberg. She has written The Year of My Awakening (original title: Det året eg våkna. Kva skjer med naturen – og oss?). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

Linn Stalsberg - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Linn Stalsberg. She has written War is contempt for life. An essay on peace (original title: Krig er forakt for liv. Et essay om fred). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

Kathrin Pabst - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Kathrin Pabst. She has written Granddad’s Bunker – A Family Story (original title: Bestefars bunker. Hvorfor krigen ikke slipper taket : en generasjonsfortelling). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

Hilde Gunn Slottemo - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Hilde Gunn Slottemo. she has written Private Lives. A History (original title: Privatlivets historie. Slikkepotten, skjermen, soverommet og andre fortellinger). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

Lene Ask - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Lene Ask. She has written and illustrated Astrid Løken. Fighting with gentle hands (original title: Astrid Løken. Å slåss med varsomme hender). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

Get to know our Selected Titles Authors of the Autumn
We are happy to offer readable insightful interviews with the authors and illustrators of our 25 Selected Titles of the autumn.
We invite you to get better aquainted with the books and the people who wrote and illustrated them!

Petter Bøckman - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Petter Bøckman. He has written Animals Like Us (original title: Oss dyr imellom). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

Are Kalvø - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Are Kalvø. He has written Only Countryfolk Long for Home (original title: Berre bønder lengtar heim). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

Ingvild Holtan-Hartwig - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Ingvild Holtan-Hartwig. She has written The Tundra Doctor (original title: Legen på vidda. Et år i Karasjok). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

Bjørn Berge - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Bjørn Berge. He has written Smell – The Tale of a Fading Sense (original title: Lukt. Fortellingen om en falmet sans), which is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024. The book is illustrated with monoprints by visual artist Anette Rosenberg.

Darya Shut - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Darya Shut . She has written The Price of Freedom. My Father, Me, and the Dictator (original title: Frihetens pris – min far, jeg og diktatoren). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.

Lars Fr. H. Svendsen - Selected Title Author
We are happy to present our selected title author Lars Fr. H. Svendsen. He has written Stupidity, Idiocy and Stupid Idiots – A Philosophy of Idiocy (original title: Dumhet, idioti og dumme idioter. Hvorfor du bør tenke selv – og sammen med andre). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.