Anneli Klepp

Anneli Klepp is a brilliantly inventive author who writes in a way that gets to the heart of young people’s lives and problems, always with warmth and humour as her foremost devices. It is no coincidence that Roald Dahl is one of her literary inspirations.

The author was born and raised in Kirkenes. She is a trained teacher and has worked in primary and secondary schools for many years. She now lives in Bekkestua, outside Oslo. She debuted with Gyldendal in 2006 with the children’s book Lousy Tangles and Warm Blueberry Pie, a book with a slightly surreal, cartoonish touch, told in a quick, humorous and direct style, and packed with psychology, both directly and on a more subtle level, while being wonderfully liberated from psychologisation and grey social realism. Since then, she has written several books for the same age group, in addition to a number of books for new readers.