Magnhild Winsnes (b. 1980) is an awarded and highly acclaimed animator and illustrator. Her debut, the graphic novel Shhh, earned her several prestigious awards, among them the Critics’ Prize, the First Book Award, and the Year’s Most Beautiful Books (the Norwegian Designer’s Guild) in two categories. Winsnes has worked with several animation productions as animator, designer, director and producer. Among them the Academy Award winner animation film, “The Danish Poet”, directed by Torill Kove.