Long Litt Woon (b. 1958) is an Anthropologist and certified Mushroom Expert in Norway. She went to Norway in her youth as an exchange student, where she met and later married a Norwegian, Eiolf Olsen. Norway became her home, and she currently resides in Oslo, Norway. The author’s surname is Long in accordance to Chinese naming tradition.
Nominated to the 2020 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Glowing review for “The Norwegian Mushroom Book” by Long Litt Woon in The New York Times!
The Way Trough the Woods is nominated to the Jan Michalski Prize
The international hit, The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning, is finally ready for print, with the first publication launching this month in Finland. Followed by Danish, Dutch, and Swedish in September; French, Spanish and Catalan the following months. The final four publications are due next year. Congratulations and thanks to all the dedicated and enthusiastic publishers and translators, and to Woon Long!
