Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum (born November 6, 1954, Sandefjord) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often known there as the "Norwegian queen of crime." She lives in Oslo. Fossum was initially a poet, with her first collection published in 1974 when she was just 20. It won the Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize. She is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer series of crime novels, which have been translated into over 16 languages. She won the Glass key award for her novel "Don't Look Back," which also won the Riverton Prize, and she was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in 2005 for "Calling Out For You."

Bibliography

Inspector Sejer Series

(also featuring Inspector Jakob Skarre):

*1995 - "Evas øye"; English translation: "Eve's Eye"
*1996 - "Se deg ikke tilbake!"; English translation: "Don't Look Back", 2002
*1997 - "Den som frykter ulven"; English translation: "He Who Fears the Wolf", 2003
*1998 - "Djevelen holder lyset"; English translation: "When the Devil Holds the Candle", 2004
*2000 - "Elskede Poona"; English translation: "Calling Out For You", 2005; American translation: "The Indian Bride", 2007
*2002 - "Svarte sekunder"; English translation: "Black Seconds", 2007
*2004 - "Mordet på Harriet Krohn"; English translation: "The Murder of Harriet Krohn"
*2007 - "Den som elsker noe annet"

Other novels:

*1992 - "I et annet lys"
*1994 - "Søylen"
*1999 - "De gales hus"
*2002 - "Jonas Eckel"
*2003 - "Natt til fjerde november"; English translation: "The Night of November 4th"
*2006 - "Brudd"; English translation: "Broken", 2008

External links

* [http://www.houseofcrime.com.au/Author-Detail.aspx?Author=Fossum,%20Karin Karin Fossum at House of Crime]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Authors/Default.aspx?Page=Author&ID=Fossum,%20Karin Karin Fossum at Random House Australia]
* [http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/books/books_by_karin_fossum.html Reviews at Euro Crime]


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