Helga Flatland Books

Helga Flatland is already one of Norway's most awarded and widely read authors. Her fifth novel, A Modern Family (her first English translation), was published to wide acclaim in Norway in August 2017, and was a number-one bestseller. The rights have subsequently been sold across Europe and the novel has sold more than 100,000 copies. One Last Time was published in 2020 and is currently topping bestseller lists in Norway

Matt is a British, Norwegian-to-English translator, born in Coventry in 1971. Matt studied at Derby University, and spent several years as a musician and songwriter. In 2001, Matt moved to Norway, working with graphic design and music, while gradually developing an interest in translation. Now he works full-time with authors, publishers, literary agencies, and film producers - within fiction and non-fiction. From climate science or animal philosophy - to Roman history and Russian punk. Matt recently translated Simon Stranger's acclaimed WW2 novel Keep Saying Their Names.