Veronica Skotnes was born in Norway in 1998. Drawn towards the ocean, she began her journey in the North Sea five years ago. Since then, winds and currents have brought her north of the Arctic Circle, where she mans her own sailboat. For the past five years, she has sailed and lived on this boat along the coast of Finnmark. Skotnes shares her experiences at sea with 150,000 followers on social media. North of the Winter Sun: What I Heard in the Waves is her debut publication. She is currently living in a remote lighthouse while working on her second book. Diane Oatley is an award-winning writer and literary translator of Norwegian fiction and non-fiction. She has translated numerous titles, including The History of Bees by Maja Lunde, and  The Weather Changed, Summer Came, and so on by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, both of which were long-listed for the DUBLIN Literary Awards. In 2015, she received NORLA’s (Norwegian Literature Abroad) Translator’s Award for Non-Fiction.

'It is a striking odyssey that lingers long in the memory about what it means to be free, and to chase longing that can never quite be defined.'

Veronica Skotnes was born in Norway in 1998. Drawn towards the ocean, she began her journey in the North Sea five years ago. Since then, winds and currents have brought her north of the Arctic Circle, where she mans her own sailboat. For the past five years, she has sailed and lived on this boat along the coast of Finnmark. Skotnes shares her experiences at sea with 150,000 followers on social media. North of the Winter Sun: What I Heard in the Waves is her debut publication. She is currently living in a remote lighthouse while working on her second book. Diane Oatley is an award-winning writer and literary translator of Norwegian fiction and non-fiction. She has translated numerous titles, including The History of Bees by Maja Lunde, and  The Weather Changed, Summer Came, and so on by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, both of which were long-listed for the DUBLIN Literary Awards. In 2015, she received NORLA’s (Norwegian Literature Abroad) Translator’s Award for Non-Fiction.

'It is a striking odyssey that lingers long in the memory about what it means to be free, and to chase longing that can never quite be defined.'

Veronica Skotnes was born in Norway in 1998. Drawn towards the ocean, she began her journey in the North Sea five years ago. Since then, winds and currents have brought her north of the Arctic Circle, where she mans her own sailboat. For the past five years, she has sailed and lived on this boat along the coast of Finnmark. Skotnes shares her experiences at sea with 150,000 followers on social media. North of the Winter Sun: What I Heard in the Waves is her debut publication. She is currently living in a remote lighthouse while working on her second book. Diane Oatley is an award-winning writer and literary translator of Norwegian fiction and non-fiction. She has translated numerous titles, including The History of Bees by Maja Lunde, and  The Weather Changed, Summer Came, and so on by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, both of which were long-listed for the DUBLIN Literary Awards. In 2015, she received NORLA’s (Norwegian Literature Abroad) Translator’s Award for Non-Fiction.

'It is a striking odyssey that lingers long in the memory about what it means to be free, and to chase longing that can never quite be defined.'