Since her debut with the novel An Image of a Human Being, Kirsti Blom (born 1953) has published a number of well-received novels, a collection of poetry and several children’s books. Her books have been translated into Arabic, Serbian, Macedonian and Spanish. Kirsti Blom has been vice-president in the Norwegian P.E.N., where she has also been on the board for ten years. She has been leading the Norwegian Authors’ Union’s international work for six years.

In 2013 her acclaimed novel I Saw Everything, a portrait of the Spanish painter Goya,  was nominated for the P2 Listeners’ Novel Prize.