Anne Karin Elstad (19 January 1938 – 4 April 2012) was a Norwegian author known for her book series featuring the character Julie.

The first book was titled Julie (1993), and it was followed by Som dine dager er (As are your days) (1995), Lenker (Chains) (1998) and Fri (Free) (2000).

William Nygaard, Tom Kristensen and Mia Bull-Gundersen from Aschehoug forlag were also present during the opening to honor Elstad.

She subsequently had to relearn how to walk, talk and write, keeping her away from making new books for almost eight years.

[7] Elstad wrote and published thirteen books during her lifetime, and was working on a fourteenth when she died, aged 74, in 2012.