Marianne Kaurin

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Marianne Kaurin in 2019

Marianne Kaurin (born 18 May 1974) is a Norwegian writer of young adult fiction.

Her debut novel was Nærmere høst (2012). The book was about the holocaust in Norway from the perspective of a 15-year-old girl, and earned her a Sydney Taylor Book Award honorable mention and the Uprisen [no]. She followed with Deres majestet (2016), Syden (2018)—which won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis—and Trivselslederen (2023).[1]

Outside of writing, she is an editor in the publishing house Cappelen Damm.[1] Her books, however, have all been published by Aschehoug.[2]

She hails from Tønsberg,[3] but resides at Nesodden.[4]

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