Maja Lunde is one of Norway's most successful authors on the international Literary stage. She is an educated media specialist with a master's degree from the University of Oslo and works as an author and screenwriter. She has written ten children's and young adult books, including Battle, Across the Border and the series The Coolest Gang in the World. Her 2018 children's book The Snow Sister is one of the biggest literary successes in Norway in decades, and was instantly sold to publishing houses throughout the world.
The History of Bees (2015) was her first novel for adults. So far, publication rights have been sold in 35 countries and received several prizes, including the prestigious Bokhandlerprisen (Norwegian Booksellers' Prize). It was the best selling book in any genre in Germany in 2017. Her second novel Blue, book two of Lunde's planned Climate Quartet, was published in October 2017.
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