Gro Dahle

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Author · b. 1962

Gro Dahle

Gro Dahle (b. 1962) is amongst Norway's most beloved authors, and writes for both children and adults. As a children's author she is known for her poetic books on difficult topics that are often given little attention. Her poetry collections Riddles of Rain and A Hundred Thousand Hours have solid places in the canon of modern Norwegian poetry. She has also published novels and short stories. She has won a number of award, including the prestigious Brage Honorary Prize in 2022.

35 titlesSold in 25 territoriesInternationally published

Bibliography

Everyone Else
2026Everyone ElseChildren's Books
Grandma Poems
2025Grandma PoemsLiterature and Fiction
Go Away!
2025Go Away!Children's BooksSold · 2
Esa Sweeps
2024Esa SweepsChildren's BooksSold · 1
The Orangery
2024The OrangeryLiterature and Fiction
Rabbit Heart
2023Rabbit HeartChildren's BooksSold · 1
Don't!
2022Don't!Children's BooksSold · 4
Dear Ditch
2022Dear DitchLiterature and Fiction
Twelve Light Years
2021Twelve Light YearsLiterature and Fiction
The Day goes by
2021The Day goes byChildren's BooksSold · 1
Ollianna
2020OlliannaChildren's BooksSold · 3
Present
2020PresentLiterature and Fiction
BADGER DAYS
2019BADGER DAYSChildren's BooksSold · 4
DOUBLE DUVET
2018DOUBLE DUVETLiterature and Fiction
The Dragon
2018The DragonChildren's BooksSold · 3
Open Sesame
2017Open SesameChildren's BooksSold · 2
Through and through unreliable
2017Through and through unreliableLiterature and Fiction
Sister
2016SisterLiterature and FictionSold · 1
The octopus
2016The octopusChildren's BooksSold · 5
America
2015AmericaLiterature and Fiction
Megzilla
2015MegzillaHardback
AQUARIUM
2014AQUARIUMChildren's BooksSold · 4
The War
2013The WarChildren's BooksSold · 5
I Could Eat a Cow
2012I Could Eat a CowChildren's Books
A Hundred Thousand Hours
2012A Hundred Thousand HoursLiterature and FictionSold · 2
Hope, Said the Goose
2011Hope, Said the GooseChildren's BooksSold · 2
God Night, Night
2009God Night, NightChildren's BooksSold · 1
Roy
2008RoyChildren's BooksSold · 1
Mum's Hair
2007Mum's HairChildren's BooksSold · 3
Tikk takk, sier Tiden
2005Tikk takk, sier TidenChildren's Books
The Devil Tooth
2004The Devil ToothChildren's BooksSold · 3
Angry Man
2003Angry ManChildren's BooksSold · 15
Kind
2002KindChildren's BooksSold · 6
Behind Mumme is Moni
2000Behind Mumme is MoniHardbackSold · 1
The Secret of Mrs. Plum
1999The Secret of Mrs. PlumChildren's BooksSold · 1