Kirsten Holst

Kirsten Johanne Holst Høybye (18 March 1936 in Lemvig – 22 September 2008 in Vejle) was a Danish author, best remembered for her book Min ven Thomas (1987), which for a period was a part of the curriculum in the Danish Primary School system.

She was the daughter of Police officer Palle Høybye and Musical teacher Anne-Margrethe Thomsen, married to fellow Danish author Knud Holst. Her Daughter Hanne-Vibeke Holst is also an author.

She is burried in Nørresundby.