Occupation Author Period 2013–present | Nationality Danish Genre fiction Parents Mette Brahm Lauritsen | |
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Born Ane Brahm Lauritsen 25 September 1971 (age 45)Aarhus, Denmark ( 1971-09-25 ) | ||
Ane riel om romanen slagteren i liseleje tv2 lorry 13 okt 2013
Ane Riel (25 September 1971) is a Danish author. Her novel Harpiks won the Glass Key award as Best Nordic Suspense Novel of the Year in 2016.
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- Ane riel om romanen slagteren i liseleje tv2 lorry 13 okt 2013
- Early life
- School books and childrens books
- Novels
- Personal life
- References
Early life
Riel was born in 26 September 1971 in Aarhus. Her father is a lawyer and her mother Mette Brahm Lauritsen is a children's book writer and illustrator. She graduated from Marselisborg Gymnasium in 1990 and began to study art history at Aarhus University the following year but without completing her education. In 1996 she moved to Copenhagen with an ambition to study illustration at the Danish Design School but without getting in.
School books and children's books
Riel's first book was a school book about art published in 1995 in collaboration with a fellow student from the university. It was followed by other school books about art in architecture as well as a number of children's books with illustrations by her mother.
Novels
Riel had her debut as a novelist with Slagteren fra Liseleje in 2013. It was followed by Harpiks in 2015.
Personal life
Ane Riel is married to the jazz drummer Alex Riel. The couple moved to Liseleje in North Zealand in 2006.