Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold

Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold made her literary debut in 2009 with the novel 'The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am'. The book was nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the P2-listeners' Novel Prize and won the Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize (judged by The Literary Council of The Norwegian Authors´ Union). It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013. Skomsvold has dramatized the novel and the play premieres at the National Theatre (Oslo) in 2014.

In 2012 Skomsvold published her second novel, 'Monsterhuman'. It was shortlisted for the P2-listeners' Novel Prize and Natt & Dag's Best Book of 2012.

The poetry collection 'A Little Sad Mathematics' was published in 2013.

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