Karin Fossum

Karin fossum is a norwegian writer she was born on november 06 1954 66 years old.

Karin fossum. Karin fossum has 42 books on goodreads with 107152 ratings. Karin fossum s most popular book is don t look back konrad sejer 2. Her crime novels featuring inspector sejer have been translated into sixteen languages. Referred to as the queen of crime in norway she came into the genre as a poet whose work in the health and social work field has informed her compassionate meditations on crime.

Fossum is one of those authors who has written for the movies and has also been the subject of various tv series and documentaries. She lives in oslo. Below is a list of karin fossum s books in order of when they were released in their. Fossum was initially a poet with her first collection published in 1974 when she was just 20.

She currently lives near oslo. Her creation the mild mannered inspector konrad. Karin fossum is the author of many novels and two collec tions of short stories. The first book from karin fossum in the inspector sejer series this novel was originally translated into english on the 19th of july 2012.

Fossum debuted as. Karin fossum is a norwegian author of crime fiction often referred to as the norwegian queen of crime. Karin fossum born 6 november 1954 is a norwegian author of crime fiction often referred to as the norwegian queen of crime. Her first english translation was her second novel 1996 s don t look back which was released in english in 2002.

The most memorable contributions by her in the movie world are the screenplay for tv series sejer svarte sekunder sejer black seconds and the girl by the lake. Karin fossum made her debut as a novelist in 1995 with in the darkness. It would not be translated and published in english until 2012. She lives in oslo.

It won the tarjei vesaas debutant prize. Karin fossum is exceptional not just in scandinavian crime fiction circles but in the broader crime genre.