Edy Poppy (b. 1975), grew up on a farm in Bø, Telemark, Norway. She moved to Montpellier when she was 17, and spent several years in France before moving to London where she worked with art, fashion, film and writing. She is the author of the novel Anatomy. Monotony., which has been translated into Italian, Finnish, German, Polish and English, as well as the short story collection Coming. Apart. and most recently the novel Iggy. Poppy has lived in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Lipari, Reykjavik, and Rio, and now calls Oslo home. May-Brit Akerholt’s published translations of Norwegian works include plays, novels, and poetry collections by writers such as Henrik Ibsen, Jon Fosse, and Ruth Lillegraven. She lives in Australia, where she is a recipient of a fellowship from the Theatre Board of Australia Council.
