Kristine Rui Slettebakken (b. 1977) has written several award-winning children’s books. Her debut was nominated for the Norwegian Children & YA Authors’ Association First Book Prize. For her second book she received the Ministry of Culture Literature Prize and was nominated for the two prestigious awards, the Norwegian Book Prize (Brage) and the ARK’s Children’s Book Prize. In 2023 she received the prestigious The Booksellers’ grant. Slettebakken has studied creative writing and literature at the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books. She is an actor, theatre instructor, and narrator of audio books. She grew up in the small town of Kragerø and lives in Oslo, Norway.