Grimsrud, Beate

The Norwegian novelist, playwright and filmmaker Beate Grimsrud was born in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo, where she grew up with a twin brother and other siblings. Despite being diagnosed with dyslexia at an early age and a vision impairment, Beate knew since she was five years old that she wanted to be an author. Her parents and siblings read to her throughout her childhood and adolescence. She did not discover audio books until her twenties.