(Fiskå, 1981). Norwegian writer. As a child she was already an enthusiastic storyteller, and kept her three siblings awake until the wee hours of the morning with her stories. Parr started writing stories at school. He studied Norwegian Languages and Literature at the University of Bergen. She is currently a part-time teacher at the high school in Vanylven. Maria Parr's books have won many awards, among them the Luchs, the Brage Prize, the Silbernen Griffel and the Prix Sorcière. His work has also been published in many countries with great success. In 2015, he received the Super Prize awarded by the prestigious Andersen magazine of Italy for the best book of the year by Corazones de o'clock.