Birger Emanuelsen (b. 1982) made his debut in 2012 with For the Kingdom is Yours - Tales, and has since then written a number of books, both fiction and non-fiction. He has a wide variety of experience; as consultant for Doctors without Border, a journalist, a non-fiction editor and as a speech writer for the Norwegian government, as well as a teacher and lecturer. For the novel Blood Cries Out from the Ground (2014) he was awarded The Young Critics Award as well as the Southern Norway Literature Prize.