Unni Lindell

Unni Lindell at the literature festival at Café Sting 2007

Unni Maria Lindell (born 3 April 1957 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer. She is best known for her crime novels (whodunits), but has also written a collection of poems and several children's and young adult books.

Lindell worked as a journalist before she became an author. Her first book Den grønne dagen ("The green day") was published in 1986. One of Lindell's most prominent characters is detective Cato Isaksen.^[1]

Lindell was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1998 and the Critics' Prize for the year's best children's or youth literature.^[2] In 1999 she received the Riverton Prize (Rivertonprisen), a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian detective story.

Bibliography

• Den grønne dagen – youth literature (1986)
• Kongen er pappaen til to tvillinger som heter Gro og Kåre – humor (1987)
• Hemmeligheten i sirkuset – children’s literature (1988)
• Henrik Vipsen og hans bifokale onkel som er født i fiskebollens tegn – humor (1988)
• Bursdag – idebok (1989)
• Fire dager til fullmåne – children’s literature (1990)
• Vi lager jul – concept book (1990)
• Gamle damer legger ikke egg – humor (1991) (illustrated by Inge Grødum)
• Annas barn – youth literature (1991)
• Fuglefangeren – youth literature (1992)
• Skjelettet er et stativ som man kan henge fra seg kroppen på – humor (1992)
• Rosamunde Harpiks, den lille heksen med de store ørene – children’s literature (1993)
• Norges første statsminister het Tor med hammeren – humor (1993)
• En grusom kvinnes bekjennelser – novel (1993)
• Sugemerket – youth literature (1994)
• Alene hjemme – short stories (1994)
• To fruer i en smekk – humor (1995) (together with Anne B. Ragde)
• Jens Bånn, den lille spionen – children’s literature (1995)
• Min fars kjole er rød som reven – poetry (1995)
• Grisen er dekket av svinepels – (1996) (illustrated by Eldbjørg Ribe)
• Det er alltid for tidlig å stå opp. Libresser, første bind – humor (1996) (together with Anne B. Ragde)
• Slangebæreren – crime novel (1996), filmed
• Jesus gikk på vannet fordi han ikke ville bli våt på beina – humor (1997) (illustrated by Eldbjørg Ribe)
• Den lille dameboken. Libresser i utvalg – humor (1997) (together with Anne B. Ragde)
• Regjeringen bestemmer hvordan været skal bli – humor (1998) (illustrated by Inge Grødum)
• Måneorkesteret – novel (1998)
• Sjefen bestemmer over Gud og Hermann! – humor (1999) (illustrated by Eldbjørg Ribe)
• Pinocchios nye reise – children’s literature (1999) (illustrated by Akin Düzakin)
• Drømmefangeren – crime novel (1999), filmed
• Sørgekåpen – crime novel (2000), under filming
• Å være engel er et typisk kvinneyrke – humor (2000) (illustrated by Eldbjørg Ribe)
• En familie består av 4 hoder, 8 armer og 8 bein – humor (2001) (illustrated by Mai Lindberg)
• Prinsesser er rosa om dagen og sorte om natten – humor (2002) (illustrated by Mai Lindberg)
• Nattsøsteren – crime novel (2002)
• I Afrika er snøen svart – humor (2003) (illustrated by Bo Gaustad)
• Pass opp! Her kommer Gud og hun er en katt – photo and prose (2003) (photo with Nina Reistad)
• Rødhette – crime novel (2004)
• Kjære Gud jeg har det godt har du noe ull – humor (2005) (together with Mark Levengood, illustrated by Christina Alvner)
• Orkestergraven – crime novel (2005)
• Krokodiller snakker ikke norsk – children’s literature (2006)
• Honningfellen – crime novel (2007) Filmed in 2008 with Per Olav Sørensen
• To fruer i én smekk – rir igjen – Humor (2007) (together with Anne B. Ragde)
• Elsker deg av hele mitt hjerte - children’s literature (2008)
• Mørkemannen – crime novel (2008)
• Nifse Nella og nattskolen – children’s literature (2008) (illustrated by Fredrik Skavlan)
• Rødt for kjærlighet – children's literature (2009)
• Sukkerdøden – crime novel (2010)
• Djevelkysset – crime novel (2012)

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