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Ruben Eliassen is an illustrator, designer and children's book author, born in Trondheim in 1968. He is one of Norway's most popular children's authors.

Eliassen quit school in the eighth grade for personal reasons, strongly influenced by Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'' and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Bj%C3%B8rneboe Jens Bjørneboe]]'s ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_%28novel%29 Jonas]]''. He began in advertising and worked as a freelance illustrator in Konk, Semic etc. He moved to Oslo at age of eighteen and worked as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines. Elissen's drawing technique is varied, since 1994 he has used digital illustration software on Platform/{{Mac}} computers.

His fantasy series ''Phenomena'' has sold more than one hundred thousand copies since the first book was published in 2002. He has been awarded the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affair First Book Prize, and thousands of children voted him the winner of the Ark Prize in 2002.

He's also a musician and has composed and even even sung a few songs. Like the "[[http://youtu.be/4lCl6LTlsq8 Phenomena Theme]]", "[[http://youtu.be/4T6vm4ZQRCA It Goes Away]]" and "[[http://youtu.be/4lCl6LTlsq8 Something Wrong]]".

His [[https://twitter.com/ruben_eliassen Twitter]](Norwegian with some English.)

!! Works:
* ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'' series, fantasy. Illustrated by himself, German covers illustrated by Eva Schöffmann-Davidov.
** Spin-off's ''Jolsah and Azur''. Illustrated by Øystein Runde.
* ''Literature/{{Mare}}'' series, thriller. Illustrated by Olve Askim.
* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': ''W.I.T.C.H.: Ibenholtpyramiden'' (''W.I.T.C.H.: The Ebony Pyramid''), fantasy.
* ''Å mestre hverdagen'' (''To Make it through everyday''), for psychologists.
* ''Å føle seg trygg'' (''To feel safe''), for psychologists.
* ''Hverdagshelten'' (''Everyday hero'' ), for psychologists.
* ''[[MementoViDoerSaaSakte Memento, vi dør så sakte]]'' (''Memento, we die so slowly''), crime thriller series.
* ''[[EnMorkareHimmel En Mörkare Himmel]]'' (''A Darker Sky''): crime thriller together with [[Creator/MariJungstedt Mari Jungstedt]], in Swedish.
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