Espen Stueland made his literary debut in 1992 with A Slow Dance out of a Burning House, a collection of poetry. He has since writ­ten three more poetry collections, a novel and a prose collection, as well as essays on law, climate change and cultural and literary topics. He has received several awards for his poetry, was named one of Norway’s 10 best authors under 35 by Morgenbladet in 2004 and has been voted Critic of the Year.