We are delighted to announce our second resident for 2021 is international best-selling author Maja Lunde

We are delighted to announce our second resident of 2021 nominated by Norwegian Pen is international best-selling author Maja Lunde.

Maja Lunde (b. 1975) is the most successful Norwegian author of her generation and one of the country’s most prominent advocates for the climate cause. Her books are published in more than 40 languages and have sold more than 2,5 million copies worldwide. Lunde’s debut novel The History of Bees (2015) was an instant hit and sold to several territories before Norwegian publication. It won The Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize as well as multiple international awards and was the bestselling book in Germany in 2017. As part of the author’s planned Climate Quartet, the stand-alone sequels The End of the Ocean (2017) and Przewalskis Horse (2019) has been published to equal acclaim.

During her residency Lunde will be doing research for the final novel in her Climate Quartet.

Lunde will be join us for a week during April. For further information about her residency and for updates regarding possible events, sign up to our mailing list below: