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{{Short description|Norwegian graphic designer, illustrator and author}}
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| name        = Stian Hole
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| birth_date  = {{birth date|1969|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Norway]]
| occupation  = [[Graphic designer]], illustrator, writer of children's books
| genre       = Children's literature
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'''Stian Hole''' (born 20 March 1969, in [[Tønsberg]], [[Norway]]) is a Norwegian [[graphic designer]], illustrator and writer of [[children's books]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Stian+Hole&dblist=638&fq=ap%3A%22hole%2C+stian%22+%3E+dt%3Abks&qt=facet_dt%3A |title= Stian Hole|accessdate= 27 March 2010 |publisher=WorldCat.org}}</ref> 

==Biography==
He has made numerous book covers and four picture books which have gained national and international recognition. His book ''Garmann's Summer'' earned him an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award in 2009.<ref>"Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winners," ''ezra-jack-keats.org''. Retrieved 11 April 2012</ref> In 2009, he won the [[Nordic Children's Book Prize]].<ref>[http://www.nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org/index.php?pageID=63&page=Oversikt+prisvinnere Nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org]</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=3524 A Conversation with Norwegian Author-Illustrator, Stian Hole (2014)]
* {{LCAuth|n2007029870|Stian Hole|8|ue}}

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[[Category:Norwegian children's book illustrators]]
[[Category:Norwegian children's writers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Writers from Tønsberg]]


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