Kristin Roskifte

Kristin Roskifte (born in Oslo, 1975) is an illustrator and picture book author with a BA in Illustration from Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge, UK, and a MA in Illustration from Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK.

She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2002. She has written and illustrated eight picture books. Her books are experimental and full of details, visual puns and puzzles. Her last book, Everybody Counts appears to be a counting book, but is in fact a fictional, philosophical title about humanity and diversity. It has been published in 23 countries and has won the Gold award at “Visuelt” Festival and the “Årets vakreste bøker” (Most Beautiful Books of the Year). It was also shortlisted for the “AOI’s World Illustration Award”, the “Brage Prize” and the “Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize”.

Kristin Roskifte uses sketchbooks on a daily basis to record ideas and observations from everyday life. She considers the sketchbook her most important tool as an illustrator and author, along with a strong sense of curiosity and a big love of drawing.