Kristine Rui Slettebakken
Kristine Rui Slettebakken (born 1977) grew up in Kragerø and lives in Oslo. She has worked as an actress and audiobook reader for many years. She is also a theatre instructor and has also taught theatre in upper secondary school. Slettebakken took a two-year author programme at the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books. She debuted as an author with Jo har skjedd (This Just Happened) (2020), which was nominated for Trollkrittet, the Norwegian Children and Youth Book Authors’ Debut Award. For her second book, Sommer med Jo (Summer with Justin) (2021), she received the Ministry of Culture’s Prize for Literature and was nominated for both the Brage Prize and ARK’s Children’s Book Award.
