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Fam Kristina Ekman (born 6 October 1946) is a Swedish-Norwegian children's writer and illustrator.
Early life
She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to actors Hasse Ekman and Eva Henning, and moved to Oslo in 1954.[1][2]
Career
She made her literary début in 1969 with Template:Lang.[2] Her literary breakthrough was Template:Lang from 1976.[1] She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for the year's best children's or youth's literature in 2007, for Template:Lang.[3][4]
She has received several prizes for her art work,[1] and is represented in the Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.[2]