Håkon Øvreås
He has previously published three books of poetry. Brown (2013) was his first children’s book and received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Children and Young Adults 2014, The Dutch Zilveren Griffel (Silver Pen) 2015, The German Luchs des Jahres (Best Children and YA Book) 2016, the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literature Prize 2013 (Best Children's and Young Adults Book) and the Trollkrittet Prize 2013 (Norwegian children's/YA book writers' debut prize). He was also nominated for the Brage Prize for Children and Young Adults 2013. The translation rights of Brown is sold to 30 languages.
In 2015 came Black, the sequel to Brown. The last book in the trilogy, Blue, will be published in 2018.
