Maria Parr

Maria Parr (born 18 January 1981 in Vanylven) is a Norwegian children's writer.

She studied Nordic Languages and Literature at the University of Bergen. She currently teaches part-time at the high school in Vanylven.

Her children's books include ''Vaffelhjarte'' (2005) (published in English as ''Waffle Hearts'' in 2013), ''Tonje Glimmerdal'' (2009) (published in English as ''Astrid the unstoppable'' in 2018) and ''Keeperen og havet'' (2017) (published in English as ''Lena, the Sea, and Me'' in 2017), among others''.'' She has won the Brage Prize twice, in 2009 and 2017. She received the Nynorsk User of the Year award in 2010. Provided by Wikipedia