Tove Nilsen is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel 'Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken.' Her adolescence novel from a dormitory town, 'Skyskraperengler' (1982) was a bestseller. She was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1993. Her novel 'Øyets sult' (1993) was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.