Morten Øen is a prize-winning Norwegian poet and author. After attending the Writers Academy in Bø 1988, he had his debut as a poet with the book "In the green-shadows" in 1990. He has also been the a…
J. M. Coetzee is a South African writer, essayist, and translator, widely regarded as one of the most influential authors of contemporary literature. His works, often characterized by their austere pr…
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional d…
Virginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker, born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. Her most famous novel, and film of the same name is Baise-moi, a contemporary example of the exploitat…
Solvej Balle er en særegen stemme i dansk litteratur. Hun var del af en gruppe hovedsageligt kvindelige forfattere, som debuterede eller slog deres navne fast i begyndelsen af 90’erne. Siden Balle deb…
Frode Grytten (born December 11, 1960 in Odda) is a Norwegian writer and journalist. He is the author of the Brage award-winning novel Bikubesong ('Song of the Beehive'), and other collections of shor…
Jorn Lier Horst (born in Bamble, Telemark 1970) is a former Senior Investigating Officer at the Norwegian police force. He made his literary debut as a crime writer in 2004 and is considered one of th…
Rune Christiansen (f. 1963) ble en sentral og innflytelsesrik litterat allerede med debuten Hvor toget forlater havet i 1986. Han har utgitt tolv diktsamlinger samtidig som han har utviklet et stadig …
This pseudonym of Sven Elvestad (who changed his birth name of Kristoffer Elvestad Svendsen in order to start fresh after being caught embezzling from his employer) was used as the name of Norway's mo…
Thomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is the international bestselling author of HEX. The much-praised novel was published in over twenty-five countries around the world and is currently in development for TV by…
Ferdinand von Schirach (born 1964 in Munich) is a German lawyer and writer. He published his first short stories at the age of forty-five. Shortly thereafter he became one of Germany's most successful…
Kyrre Andreassen er en norsk forfatter, utdannet cand.mag. ved Universitetet i Oslo med fagene idéhistorie, litteraturvitenskap og nordisk. Han debuterte i 1997 med novellesamlingen «Det er her du har…
Kathrine Nedrejord (f. 1987) bor og studerer i Paris. Hun debuterte i 2010 med romanen Transitt, som fikk strålende kritikker. Trengsel er hennes andre roman.
Marit Eikemo (f. 1971) er frå Odda og bur i Bergen. Ho har tidlegare arbeidd som tidsskriftredaktør, festivalsjef for Litteratursymposiet i Odda, forlagsredaktør, leiar for Cornerteatret i Bergen og e…
Katrine Engberg is a Danish crime fiction author and former choreographer, dancer, stage director and actor. Her debut novel was the novel “Crocodile Guardian” otherwise known as “The Tenant” that she…
