Nominated for the Debut Prize 2016 (Denmark)
Nominated for the Montana Prize of Literature 2016 (Denmark)
Awarded the Statens Kunstfonds Legatutvalg 2016 (Denmark)
Nominated for Literature of the year in Natt & Dag 2016 (Norway)

Kirstine Reffstrup was born in 1979 in Denmark. She has studied art history and creative writing, and lives in Oslo. I, Unica was published to great acclaim in 2016 and was nominated for literary prizes in both Norway and Denmark. The Iron Lung is her second book.