Why Am I Here?

Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen studied at the Norwegian Journalist Academy in Oslo and completed the writing program at the Norwegian Children’s Literature Institute. She now works as a freelance journalist and children’s author, and she has written a number of picture books, including I’m Right Here (Eerdmans). She lives in Norway.
 
Akin Duzakin is a Turkish-Norwegian illustrator and children’s author. In 2006 he won the Bokkunstprisen award for illustration, and he was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2007 and 2008. He previously collaborated with Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen on I’m Right Here (Eerdmans). Akin lives in Norway.