Leif B. Lillegaard was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, radio reporter and novelist.

He was editor for the newspaper Harstad Tidende

Harstad Tidende

Harstad Tidende is a daily, regional newspaper published in the city of Harstad, Norway. With a circulation of 13,503 it covers the municipalities of Harstad, Bjarkøy, Kvæfjord, Lødingen, Tjeldsund, Evenes, Skånland, Gratangen, Lavangen and Ibestad. The newspaper is owned by Harstad Tidende...

, a journalist for the newspaper Morgenbladet

Morgenbladet

Morgenbladet is a Norwegian weekly newspaper. It was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg, and was the country's first daily newspaper. For a long time, it was also the country's biggest newspaper. It was closed down by the German Wehrmacht during World War II...

, and a freelance radio reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He made his literary debut in 1963, with a book on the 1943 Filipstad explosion

1943 Filipstad explosion

The 1943 Filipstad explosion was a fire in an ammunition store at Filipstad in Oslo on Sunday, 19 December 1943, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. The fire started during the unloading of ammunition from the transport ship SS Selma. The estimated amount of exploded ammunition varies...

. He wrote more than one hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction, and was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize is a literature prize was awarded by the Norwegian Booksellers Association. It was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961...

in 1981 for the story .