NORA DÅSNES (b. 1995) is an awarded and highly acclaimed author and illustrator of graphic novels. She received the prestigious 2022 Nordic Council Literary Prize for “Missed Calls”. For her debut, “Cross My Heart and Never Lie”, she has earned international awards and nominations, among them the Stonewall Book Award (US). For “Save Our Forest!” she won the Prix UNICEF de littérature jeunesse (France).

In 2025, Dåsnes was named one Norway’s 10 best younger writers, in a prestigious list published every ten years in a cooperation between the cultural weekly Morgenbladet and Lillehammer Literary Festival. The list showcases 10 writers under 35 who are considered the most promising literary talents of their generation.

Nora Dåsnes has a degree in illustration and animation from Kingston University, London. She lives in Oslo, Norway.