Åsne Seierstad was born in 1970 and studied Russian, Spanish and the History of Philosophy at Oslo University. An internationally bestselling author, she has also received numerous awards for her journalism. She has worked as a correspondent across the world, including in Russia, China, Iraq and Afghanistan. Most recently, Never Say War: Life inside Russia has received huge acclaim across the world and has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction. The Bookseller of Kabul has sold over three million copies and the paperback was in the Sunday Times top ten for over a year. Her other critically acclaimed works include A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, The Angel of Grozny and The Afghans. Following the acts of terror in Oslo and Utoya in July 2011, she attended the trial of Anders Breivik and then began work on One of Us, which became a European bestseller. Two Sisters, her account of a family torn apart after two Norwegian girls join the war in Syria in 2013, was a number-one international bestseller and won the non-fiction category of the 2016 Brage Prize.
