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 Pink Floyd's The Wall and Jens Bjørneboe
's 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 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 "Phenomena Theme", "It Goes Away" and "Something Wrong".
His Twitter(Norwegian with some English.)
Works:
- Phenomena series, fantasy. Illustrated by himself, German covers illustrated by Eva Schöffmann-Davidov.
- Spin-off's Jolsah and Azur. Illustrated by Øystein Runde.
- Mare series, thriller. Illustrated by Olve Askim.
- W.I.T.C.H.: 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.
- Memento, vi dør så sakte (Memento, we die so slowly), crime thriller series.
- En Mörkare Himmel (A Darker Sky): crime thriller together with Mari Jungstedt, in Swedish.
