Åsne Seierstad is a Norwegian journalist and writer. She was born in 1970 and studied Russian language and literature at Oslo University. She has worked as a correspondent since 1993 in Russia, China, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and has received numerous awards for her journalism. She has written eight books. The Bookseller of Kabul was translated into over 40 languages. One of Us, about Anders Breivik, was selected as one of the Ten Best Books of 2015 by The New York Times, and was awarded the 2018 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. Her 2018 book Two Sisters was awarded the Brage Prize in Norway. Her latest book, Never Say War, was awarded the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, and the Norwegian Critics’ Prize, and was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize.