Marit Eikemo

Marit Eikemo (b 1971, Norway) is an author resident in Bergen.

She made her debut in 1999 with a book of reportage, Her, no: Møte med unge menneske. A debut novel, Mellom oss sagt, followed in 2006. In 2011, her third novel, Samtale ventar, won the New Norwegian Literature Prize. She has also published a collection of essays entitled Samtidsruinar. 

With Hilde Sandvik, she was the co-editor of the cultural and political magazine Syn og Segn. She has also been the festival director for Literature Symposium in Odda and is currently artistic adviser for the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer. 

Her latest book is the novel Team Tuva, which appeared in the autumn of 2021.