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Author · b. 1990

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus

Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus (b. 1990) studied visual communication at the National Academy of Arts in Oslo, and illustration at the Luzern College in Switzerland. She is a critically acclaimed writer of adult and children's books, and an award-winning illustrator. She has illustrated several of Gro Dahle's books, and was awarded the Ministry of Cultures Illustration Prize in 2011 for the book Hope, said Goose.

The War, from 2013 was nominated to the Norwegian Critics Prize and The Nordic Councils Children’s literature prize. For her author debut, Do you want to hear a secret (2014), she received the NBU Debutant Prize.