Lars Ramslie (born 1974) is one of the most distinctive and unique voices in Norwegian contemporary literature. He made his debut in 1997 with the novel Biopsy, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas First Book Prize. Following this he has published the novels Microchaos (1999), Destroyer (2000), Fatso (2003), and Uglybugly (2004).

In 2004 Ramslie was voted one of Norway’s 10 best writers under 35 by the Norwegian Festival of Literature and Morgenbladet. In 2009 Uglybugly was staged as a play at The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. In 2014 his long-awaited Little Bird. Mother’s Book was published and received glowing reviews.

His books are translated into English, Finnish and Russian.