She was the author of a number of prize-winning novels with historical themes for children and teenagers.
She was raised in the neighborhood of Vika where she attended a school for art and crafts.
She was enrolled at the University of Oslo where she studied German, ethnology, folklore and archaeology.
She made her literary début in 1976, with the prize-winning documentary Karl Eugen Olsen fra Vika.
She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for the years best children's or youth's literature in 1980.