Svein Nyhus (born 1962) graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Oslo, Norway. He has received several national prizes for his work as an illustrator and writer of books for children, among them the Picture Book Prize from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture in 1998 and 2003, and the School Librarians "Book Prize" in 2000. He has also been nominated for the coveted international Hans Christian Andersen Award. Svein lives with his wife, writer Gro Dahle, and their three children on an island south of Oslo.