Ingvild Bjerkeland is an author of picture books and novels for children and young adults. Her novel, Beasts , was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and YA Prize and was also voted by over 10,000 schoolchildren for the highest booksellers' award in Norway. This is her first novel translated into English. Author residence: Norway Rosie Hedger was born in Scotland and completed her MA (Hons) in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated with a distinction. Her translation accolades include the the English PEN Translates Award and the short lists for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year and Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Translator residence: UK.