Kristine Rui Slettebakken (b. 1977) has written several award-winning children’s books. In 2024 she was the winner of the Brage Prize, Norway’s national book award, for her second book about Billie and Bo. For her debut she was nominated for the Norwegian Children & YA Authors’ Association First Book Prize. For her second book she received the Ministry of Culture Literature Prize and was nominated for the two prestigious awards, the Brage Prize and the ARK’s Children’s Book Prize. In 2023 she received the prestigious The Norwegian Booksellers’ grant. Slettebakken has studied creative writing and literature at the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books. She is an actor, theatre instructor, and narrator of audio books. She grew up in the small town of Kragerø and lives in Oslo, Norway.