Author, reviewer and journalist, Bjørn Sortland is represented in a number of anthologies, and he has also written for radio and television. His authorship, which spans children’s, young adults and picture books, has won him a variety of awards. Den solbrente mammaen som blei bytta mot ti kamelar (1997) brought the author the Aschehoug Prize for the Best Children’s Novel of the Year. 12 ting som må gjerast rett før verda går under is also a prize-winning novel.

Awards:

1992 Samlagets jubileumsstipend
1993 Melsom-prisen
1994 France: Prix Octagon Fonte
1995 Nynorsk litteraturpris
1996 A prize from The Austrian department of Culture
1996 Germany: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
1997 The Norwegian Department of Culture’s children’s book award.
1997 Winner of the Aschehougs Children’s book Prize
1998 The Children’s Book Price, Hå kommune
1999 The School Liberarians Prize 2000
2000 Priest Alfred Andersson-Ryssts Fund
2000 Nynorsk litteraturpris
2001 Norwegian winner in the Skandinavian book competition.
2001 Emmausprisen
2004 Winner of the “big love novel” competition 2003, Gyldendal
2005 Sonja Hagemann’s Children’s book prize.
2005 The Sproing-prize
2008 The Critics’ Prize
2009 The Ark Childrens’ Book Prize
2011: The Aschehoug Prize