Kirsten Sødal
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Kirsten Sødal is a Norwegian author who has written several children's books, including Bestefar I spøkelsesbyen (Grandfather in the Ghost town) and the Birkebeiner barn series. She has also worked on school work books På Sporet (On Track).

Early life

Kirsten Sødal (born Knudsen) was born in the coastal town Kristiansand
Kristiansand
-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

 in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. When she was five years old, World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

broke out. This has influenced her writing greatly. Her father was a part of the Resistance and contributed by writing secret newspapers with true news. She has written small stories and poems her entire life.

Works

Her works include: Bestefar I spøkelsesbyen, the Birkebeinerbarn series, Kamelgutten (The Camel Boy), a Christmas story with one chapter for every day of advent, "Med Benjamin til Bethlehem" (With Benjamin to Bethlehem), another Christmas story based on a play, På Sporet, and recently a new book based on the childhood of one of her good friends, Alf Huseth. The book is titled "Alf" and will be released in August 2007, as well as the English version which was translated by her 12-year-old granddaughter, Michelle who has lived 8 years in the USA.

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