title: Mette Karlsvik
text: # Mette Karlsvik
  
  Mette Karlsvik (born 28 November 1978) is a Norwegian author.
  
  ## Biography and career
  
  Karlsvik was raised in Frei, Nordmøre, and has an International Baccalaureate from the Red Cross Nordic United World College. She is educated as a fine artist from the Glasgow School of Art, and a journalist from the University of Bergen, and holds a certificate from The Bergen Academy of Writing. She was awarded the 2005 Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for her first novel, Vindauga i matsalen vender mot fjorden, and the 2012 (and first ever) Stig Sæterbakkens Minnepris, the 2012 Bokhandlerstipendet and the 2012 Skardstipendet for her novel "Bli Björk". The novel was also nominated for the prestigious Brageprisen 2012. Karlsvik has held positions in the field of literature, i.e. within the artist grants system at arts_council_norway, The union of Norwegian authors, and Norwegian_Non-Fiction_Writers_and_Translators_Association.
  
  