Hilde Hodnefjeld (born 22 July 1966) is a Norwegian illustrator and writer of children's literature. She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2021.
A freelance illustrator from 1994, she illustrated books with text by others. Her works include a picture book from 1999 based on a poem by Inger Hagerup, and illustrations to a book from 2010 about the artist Joseph Pujol written by Tor Edvin Dahl.[1]
She made her debut as writer in 2009, with the children's book Kakesamleren. Further books are Hvis det ikke fantes biler from 2011, Tenk om … from 2012, and Lykke og ulykken from 2019.[1]
Her children's book Uppsa was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2021, in the category best book for children and young adults.[2] The book is about the feeling you get, being a little child and messing things up. Uppsa is a child of undefined age and gender, who gets pepper from dad when things break and clutter up, even though the fault is due to a gallows-bird that follows the child.[3]
