Cool Dinosaurs

Line Halsnes (1981–) is an award-winning illustrator, author and storyteller, trained in illustration at the Norwich School of Art and Design. She is a partner in the working collective Kobolt Design. She made her debut as children’s book illustrator in 2010 The Boat Between the Stars, and has since illustrated and written multiple books. Halsnes has a particular interest in anatomy, machines and vehicles, which has manifested in her critically acclaimed Cool-series. For Cool Machines she was awarded The Norwegian Culture Department’s Non-fiction Prize in 2021, and it was nominated to the Brage Prize.