Ida Lødemel Tvedt, born in 1987, previously taught essay writing in Norway and the US at the New School and at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in Guernica, N+1., Vagant, Vinduet, and Daz Magazine, among others. Currently she is writing reports for the Norwegian newspaper Dag og Tid. Marianegropen (Gyldendal, Oslo 2019) is her debut.