NILS HENRIK SMITH is a winner of the Tarjei Vesaas’ prize for first-time authors and was named one of Norway’s ten most promising authors by the country’s cultural weekly, Morgenbladet, in 2015. He has written about soccer for both JOSIMAR football magazine and the Norwegian Broadcasting Company. He was also handpicked to be among the authors on NORLA’s UNGE STEMMER (Young Voices) programme.