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 forty languages and have sold more than 4 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.
2022 Festival events
- The Last Wild Horses: Maja Lunde on Her “Climate Quartet” (In-Person Only)- The Fierce Voice of Nature: Three Astonishing New Novels from Around the World (In-Person and Live Streamed)