Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold who was born in 1979 in Oslo, is a Norwegian author who made her literary debut in 2009 with the novel Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg (The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am). The book won the Vesaas First Book Award, was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize and has been sold to publishers in more than 25 countries. She has also published several essays, short stories and poems in anthologies and literary magazines. Skomsvold's books have been translated into more than twenty languages.