About the Author

Marianne Kaurin was born in 1974 in Tonsberg, Norway. She studied at the Norwegian Institute of Children's Books, and her debut novel, Almost Autumn, received the Norwegian Ministry of Culture prize, and was named Young People's Book of the Year in a vote by students from all over Norway. Marianne now lives just outside of Oslo in Nesodden with her husband and three children, and is an editor of educational literature for high school students.

Reviews

Praise for Almost Autumn:
An intimate, chilling look at an individual family's experience of the Holocaust. -- Publishers Weekly
This translated import features the cool, distanced narration often attributed to Scandinavian novels, but the accelerating pace that accompanies the changing viewpoints, together with the obviously limited number of possible outcomes, make the experience surprisingly visceral. Thoughtful and satisfying, this is as much about destiny as about the Holocaust -- families lost, lives reformed, futures unknown, love reclaimed, all by the slightest nudge of circumstance. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
* [An exploration of] the nature of chance and fate. -- Horn Book, starred review
Readers will be on the edge of their seats waiting to see what will happen. -- School Library Connection