Elisabeth Eide

Elisabeth Eide (born 22 July 1950) is a Norwegian journalist, teacher, novelist and non-fiction writer. She was born in Bergen.

Elisabeth Eide
Born	(1950-07-22) 22 July 1950 (age 75) Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	journalist, teacher, novelist
Awards	Ossietzky Award ( 2002)

Eide made her novel debut in 1994 with Til Kabul faller . Further novels (crime fiction) are Utviklingens hjul from 1997, Der mørket leker med ilden from 1998, and Skyteskiver from 2000.^[1][2]

She received the Ossietzky Award in 2002.^[3]

Eide was an active participant in the Maoist movement in Norway, and was part of a delegation with AKP (m-l) that visited Pol Pot in 1978.^[4] She later left the Maoist movement.^[5]