Merete Morken Andersen  Merete Morken Andersen (born 24 July 1965) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and magazine editor, born in Hamar. Andersen won the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2002 for "Hav av tid" (Oceans of Time). She was editor of the literature periodical "Vinduet" (Window) from 1993 through 1997. Several of her books have been translated into English