Occupation Novelist Role Author Name Karin Fossum | Genre Crime fiction Nationality Norwegian | |
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Movies The Girl by the Lake, House of Fools, Eva’s Eye Books Don't Look Back, Black Seconds, He Who Fears the Wolf, The Caller, When the Devil Holds the Candle Similar People Andrea Molaioli, Berit Nesheim, Sandro Petraglia, Toni Servillo, Ludovica Rampoldi | ||
Karin fossum when the devil holds the candle part 1
Karin Fossum (born 6 November 1954) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".
Contents
- Karin fossum when the devil holds the candle part 1
- Johan theorin om karin fossum
- Early life
- Writing career
- Awards
- References
Johan theorin om karin fossum
Early life
Karin Mathisen was born on 6 November 1954 in Sandefjord in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives near Oslo. Fossum debuted as a poet with Kanskje i morgen, her first collection published in 1974 when she was just 20. It won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. For a time she worked in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted with rehabilitation of drug addicts.
Writing career
Fossum began her literary career as a poet. She is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer series of crime novels, which have been translated into 25 languages and honoured with several awards.
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.