Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum
Born	November 6, 1954 (1954-11-06) (age 57) Sandifjiord, Norway
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Norwegian
Genres	Crime Fiction

Karin Fossum (b. 1954) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction,^[1] often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".

1 Early life
2 Writing career
3 Bibliography
- 3.1 Inspector Sejer Series
- 3.2 Other novels
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links

Early life

Karin Mathisen was born on 6 November 1954 in Sandefjord in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives in 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 rehabilitation of drug addicts.

Writing career

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.^[2]^[3]

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 - Eve's Eye (Evas øye) (not yet published in English)* In the Darkness; English translation 2012
1996 - Don't Look Back (Se deg ikke tilbake!); English translation 2002
1997 - He Who Fears the Wolf (Den som frykter ulven); English translation 2003
1998 - When the Devil Holds the Candle (Djevelen holder lyset); English translation 2004
2000 - Calling Out For You (Elskede Poona); English translation: 2005; American translation: The Indian Bride, 2007
2002 - Black Seconds (Svarte sekunder); English translation 2007
2004 - The Murder of Harriet Krohn (Drapet på Harriet Krohn) (not yet published in English)
2007 - The Water's Edge (Den som elsker noe annet); English translation 2009
2008 - Bad Intentions (Den onde viljen); English translation 2010
2009 - The Caller (Varsleren); English translation 2011

Other novels

1974 - Kanskje i morgen – poet
1978 - Med ansiktet i skyggen – poet
1992 - I et annet lys - short story
1994 - Søylen - short story
1999 - De gales hus - novel
2002 - Jonas Eckel - novel
2003 - The Night of November 4th (Natt til fjerde november);
2006 - Broken (Brudd); English translation 2008

Awards

Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris 1974, for Kanskje i morgen
Rivertonprisen 1996, for Se deg ikke tilbake
Glass Key award 1997, for Se deg ikke tilbake
Bokhandlerprisen 1997, for Den som frykter ulven
Brage Prize 2000, for Elskede Poona
Martin Beck Award 2002, for Svarte sekunder
Cappelen Prize 2003
The Gumshoe Awards for best European crime novel 2007, for Når djevelen holder lyset (translated as :When the Devil Holds the Candle")
Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the category Mystery/Thriller for 2007 published in 2008, for Elskede Poona (translated as "The Indian Bride")

References

^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. "Karin Fossum" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Karin_Fossum. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
^ Die Biografie der Autorin Karin Fossum (schwedenkrimi.de)
^ Karin Fossum (Couch Medien GmbH & Co. KG.)

External links

Awards
Preceded by Jan Jakob Tønseth	Recipient of the Cappelen Prize 2003	Succeeded by P. Carmona-Alvarez, Ingeborg Arvola, Ørnulf Hodne, Anne-Lise Gjerdrum

Persondata
Name	Fossum, Karin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	6 November 1954
Place of birth	Sandifjiord, Norway
Date of death
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