Abduweli Ayup
Abduweli Ayup (b 1973, China) is a poet and linguist.
Adania Shibli
Adania Shibli (b 1974, Palestine) is an author, essayist, professor and dramatist who lives in Jerusalem and Berlin.
Amanda Torsteinsdatter Hersvik
Amanda Torsteinsdatter Hersvik (b 1994, Norway) is the communications manager at the House of Literature in Bergen.
Andisa Mpisi
Andisa Mpisi (b 1991, South Africa) is a writer, director, actor, drama and theatre educator.
Andriy Lesiv
Andriy Lesiv (b 1984, Ukraine) is an author, designer and illustrator.
Anne Karin Sæther
Anne Karin Sæther (b 1975, Norway) is an author.
Anne Katrine Bang
Anne Katrine Bang (b 1966, Norway) is a professor of history and an author.
Ari Gautier
Ari Gautier (b 1965, Madagascar) is a French-speaking author from Madagascar living in Oslo.
Ben Wenhou Yu
Ben Wenhou Yu (b 1984, China) is an architect and translator.
Bjørn Sundquist
Bjørn Sundquist (b 1948, Norway) is an actor and director.
Brit Bildøen
Brit Bildøen (b 1962, Norway) is an author.
Carina Beddari
Carina Beddari (b 1987, Norway) is a literary scholar and a critic in the newspaper Morgenbladet.
Cherilyn Parsons
Cherilyn Parsons (b. 1963, USA) is the former director of the Bay Area Book Festival and now lives in Paris.
Daniel Medin
Daniel Medin (b 1975) is professor of comparative literature at the American University of Paris.
Eirik Vassenden
Eirik Vassenden (b 1971, Norway) is Professor of Nordic Literature at the University of Bergen.
Eivind Riise Hauge
Eivind Riise Hauge (b 1980, Norway) is an author.
Eivind Senneset
Eivind Senneset (b 1981, Norway) is a photographer.
Elisabeth Eide
Elisabeth Eide (b 1950, Norway) is a media researcher and author.
Elizabeth Sellevold
Elizabeth Sellevold (b 1971, Norway) is the publishing manager of Vigmostad & Bjørke.
Erik Bjerck Hagen
Erik Bjerck Hagen (b 1961, Norway) is a professor of General Literary Studies at the University of Bergen.
Erlend Liisberg
Erlend Liisberg(b 1989, Norway) is a doctoral candidate in General Literary Studies at the University of Bergen and a literary critic at the newspaper Bergens Tidende.
Erlend Loe
Erlend Loe (b 1969, Norway) is an author, filmmaker, scriptwriter, translator and critic.
Erlend O. Nødtvedt
Erlend O Nødtvedt (b 1984, Norway) is a poet and novelist.
Eva Joly
Eva Joly (b 1943, Norway) is a lawyer, French politician and author.
Fatemeh Ekhtesari
Fatemeh Ekhtesari(b 1968, Iran) is a poet, editor, activist and midwife.
Frode Grytten
Frode Grytten (b 1960, Norway) is an author based in Bergen.
Frode Helmich Pedersen
Frode Helmich Pedersen (b 1976, Norway) is professor of Nordic Literature at the University of Bergen, literature critic and author.
Frode Sandvik
Frode Sandvik (b 1976, Norway) is an art historian and curator.
Gunnar Sørbø
Gunnar Sørbø (b 1948, Norway) is a social anthropologist and former director of the Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen.
Gunnhild Øyehaug
Gunnhild Øyehaug (b 1975, Norway) is an author and a teacher at the Academy of Writing in Bergen.
Gunnstein Akselberg
Gunnstein Akselberg (b 1949, Norway) is a linguist and Professor Emeritus in Norwegian language at the University of Bergen.
Harald Gaski
Harald Gaski (b 1955, Norway) is professor of Sami culture and literature.
Heidi Bøhagen
Heidi Bøhagen (b 1983, Norway) is a literary scholar, critic, and writer.
Heidi Marie Vestrheim
Heidi Marie Vestrheim (b 1977, Norway) is a singer, songwriter, musician and broadcaster.
Henning Bergsvåg
Henning Bergsvåg (b 1974, Norway) is an author and disseminator of literature.
Herborg Kråkevik
Herborg Kråkevik (b 1973, Norway) is an artiste and actor.
Hjørdis Losnedahl
Hjørdis Losnedahl (b 1971, Norway) is the daily manager of the Bergen International Literature Festival.
Ingeborg Volan
Ingeborg Volan (b 1979, Norway) is the managing director of Dei norske bokklubbane.
Ingvild H. Rishøi
Ingvild H Rishøi (b. 1978, Norway) is a Norwegian author.
Ismail Mahomed
Ismail Mahomed (b. 1959, South Africa) is an arts administrator and playwright.
Ivo de Figueiredo
Ivo de Figueiredo (b 1966, Norway) is a historian, author and critic.
Jarle Sidney Diesen
Jarle Sidney Diesen (b 1968, Norway) is a chemist and textbook writer.
Jonas Eika
Jonas Eika (b 1991, Denmark) is a fiction author.
Jonny Steinberg
Jonny Steinberg (b 1970, South Africa) is an academic and author.
Jostein Hole Kobbeltvedt
Jostein Hole Kobbeltvedt (b 1979, Norway) is Executive Director of the Rafto Foundation.
Judith Hermann
Judith Hermann (b 1970, Western Germany) is an author living in Berlin.
Julia Martinčič
Julia Martinčič (b 1995) is a journalist and author.
Julie Wilhelmsen
Julie Wilhelmsen (b 1969, Norway) is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
Kari Jegerstedt
Kari Jegerstedt (b 1963, Norway) heads the centre for women’s and gender research at the University of Bergen.
Karin Haugen
Karin Haugen (b 1978, Norway) is a journalist and author.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Karl Ove Knausgård (b 1968, Norway) is an author and publisher living in London.
Katrine Sele
Katrine Sele (b 1972, Denmark) is a journalist and non-ficiton author.
Kerim Nisancioglu
Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu is a professor of climate dynamics at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen.
Kikki Flesche Kleiven
Kikki Flesche Kleiven (b. 1969, Norway) is the Director of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Kit De Waal
Kit De Waal (aka Mandy Theresa O’Loughlin, b 1960, UK) is a British/Irish author.
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Yamamoto (b 1982, Japan) is an artist.
Kjersti Løken Stavrum
Kjersti Løken Stavrum (b 1969, Norway) is an editor and media manager.
Kristin Fridtun
Kristin Fridtun (b 1987, Norway) is a non-fiction author.
Lea S. E. Widding Bakken
Lea S. E. Widding Bakken (b 1996, Norway) is a production assistant at the House of Literature in Bergen.
Mah-Rukh Ali
Mah-Rukh Ali (b 1982, Norway) has extensive experience as a journalist and news anchor from TV 2 and NRK, amongst others.
Malin Nord
Malin Nord (b 1973, Sweden) is an author.
Marit Loe Bjørnstad
Marit Loe Bjørnstad (b 1983, Norway) works as a dance artist, teacher and instructor in performing arts productions.
Maxine Elma Padayachee
Maxine Elma Padayachee (b 1979, South Africa) is the administrative assistant for Bergen International Literature Festival.
Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy (b 1984, India) is an author, translator and anti-caste activist.
Mona B Riise
Mona B Riise (b 1972, Norway) is a journalist.
Morten Traavik
Morten Traavik (b 1971, Norway) is a director and artist.
Nhu Diep
Nhu Diep (b 1978, Vietnam) is an illustrator, graphic designer and author.
Nnimmo Bassey
Nnimmo Bassey (b 1958, Nigeria) is an architect, environmental protection activist, poet, pastor and author.
Nomthandazo Shandu
Nomthandazo Shandu (b 1999, South Africa) is an actor and curator.
Nora Krug
Nora Krug (b 1977, Germany) is a German-American illustrator and author.
Odd W. Surén
Odd W Surén (b 1961, Norway) is an author and critic.
Óscar Martínez
Óscar Martínez (b 1983, El Salvador) is a journalist and author.
Ottar Grepstad
Ottar Grepstad (b 1953, Norway) is a non-fiction author.
Per Magnus Haig
Per Magnus Haig (b 1969, Norway) is a bartender and runs Kvisle Herregård.
Pivinnguaq Mørch
Pivinnguaq Mørch (b 1993, Greenland) is an author and teacher.
Priya Bains
Priya Bains (b 1995) is a poet and a writer.
Rasma Haidri
Rasma Haidri (b 1957, USA) is an American writer, poet and teacher.
Romana Romanyshyn
Romana Romanyshyn (b 1984, Ukraine) is an author, designer and illustrator.
Ruth Lillegraven
Ruth Lillegraven (b. 1978, Norway) is an author.
Saia Marilena Stueng
Saia Marilena Stueng (b 1993, Norway) is an author.
Sigbjørn Skåden
Sigbjørn Skäden (b 1976, Norway) is an author.
Simone Stibbe
Simone Stibbe (b 1980, Germany) is a publisher, editor and translator.
Siri Veland
Siri Veland is a human geographer at NORCE in Bergen, Norway.
Sivert Nikolai Nesbø
Sivert Nikolai Nesbø (b 1982, Norway) is an author and the principal of the Academy of Creative Writing in Bergen.
Tale Næss
Tale Næss (b 1969, Norway) is an author and playwright.
Tang Fu Kuen
Tang Fu Kuen (b. 1972, Singapore) is a curator, dramaturge and producer.
Teresa Grøtan
Teresa Grøtan (b 1974, Norway) is the director of the Bergen International Literary Festival.
Thea Stabell
Thea Stabell (b 1939, Norway) is an actor, director and educator.
Timimie Märak
Timimie Märak (b 1991, Sweden) is a slam poet, activist and multi-artist.
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (b 1978, Norway) is a former government minister and politician, now society editor and commentator in the online newspaper E24.
Tor-Håkon Gabriel Håvardsen
Tor-Håkon Gabriel Håvardsen (b 1986, Norway) is an author and musician currently working as a funeral consultant in Melbu, Vesterålen.
Tormod Haugland
Tormod Haugland (b 1962, Norway) is an author. He has published novels, short stories, poems and drama.
Trond-Viggo Torgersen
Trond-Viggo Torgersen (b 1954, Norway) is a presenter, author, artist and physician.
Yngve Knausgård
Yngve Knausgård (b 1964, Norway) is the communications manager of the Bergen International Literature Festival.
Øystein Vidnes
Øystein Vidnes (b. 1976, Norway) is a designer, author, translator and illustrator.