Author, Illustrator
Kari Stai is a Norwegian illustrator and author, known foremost for her prize winnning six books about the duo, Yesper and Noper (in Italy Simone e Nomone, Il Gatto Verde), translated to several languages and adapted to film and theatre. After her studies at Oslo Academy of the Arts, she majored in Visual Communication. She also studied at the Oslo School of Drawing and Painting and trained on teaching art at Telemark University College. She won the Norwegian Ministry of Culture Award for Best debut in Children’s Book, followed by various other awards and prizes, including the prestigious international selection White Ravens for Passibly Happy.