Asne Seierstad

Norwegian journalist and author, Asne Seierstad speaks to Gavin Esler at Hay Festival. She is renowned for her accounts of day-to-day life from warzones and has written six non-fiction books. The Bookseller of Kabul (2002), based on her time living with an Afghan family following the fall of the Taliban, was an instant best-seller and has since been translated into 29 languages. Her new book, Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad, follows two teenage girls as they travel from their home in Oslo to Syria, and the shocking consequences of their decision.