Kjersti Scheen

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| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

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| occupation = Illustrator and writer

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| awards = Gyldendal's Endowment (1994)

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Kjersti Scheen (born 17 August 1943) is a Norwegian journalist, illustrator, novelist, crime fiction writer and children's writer. She made her literary debut in 1976 with the children's book Fie og mørket.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kjersti Scheen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Kjersti_Scheen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 March 2010}} Her novel Teppefall from 1994 introduced a series of crime novels with ex actress "Margaret Moss" as the main character.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kjersti Scheen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Rottem |authorlink=Øystein Rottem |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Kjersti_Scheen/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 March 2010}} Scheen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1994 (shared with Bjørn Aamodt).{{cite web |title=Gyldendalprisen |url=http://www.forfatterportalen.no/litteraturpriser/gyldendal.htm |accessdate=19 March 2010 |publisher=forfatterportalen.no |language=Norwegian |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185319/http://www.forfatterportalen.no/litteraturpriser/gyldendal.htm |url-status=dead }}

Many of her books have been translated into other languages.