Mirjam Kristensen (b 1978) is from Lyngdal in Norway. She made her debut in 2000 with the novel The Days Are Transparent for which she received Tarjei Vesaas’ First Book Award. For her second novel, Those Who Are Out in the Rain, she received Sørlandets Literature Prize. An Afternoon in Autumn, her third novel, came out in 2006 to great acclaim, and the book was subsequently published in both France and Germany. In 2007 she received Bjørnson’s Scholarship. A Rich Life (2009) was nominated for both the P2 Listeners’ Novel Prize and Sørlandet Literature Prize. Her fifth novel, I’ve Been Waiting for You was also nominated for the Sørlandet Literature Prize.