Liza Marklund and Katrine Engberg on the Danish bestseller lists

Liza Marklund’s Black Pearl Farm tops three of the biggest Danish retailers’ bestseller lists for hardcover fiction this week. Katrine Engberg features with two of her novels on Arnold Busck’s bestseller list for paperbacks: The Scar Keeper at No. 2 and The Butterfly House at No. 5.

Salomonsson Agency’s children’s catalogue for Spring 2019 now available

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Caroline Cowan joins Salomonsson Agency

Caroline Cowan holds a Bachelor of Honor in Film from the prestigious Central Saint Martins College in London and is the director of numerous acclaimed short films and TV-series.

Cowan is the writer and director behind Joy (2014), a children’s drama series which was nominated at the Prix Jeunesse, the world’s oldest and most esteemed children’s TV festival. Cowan is also the director of the crime hit series Arne Dahl: Hidden Numbers (2015) which has garnered great success both in its native Sweden and abroad.

Currently, Cowan is involved in the development of multiple new projects including a family feature based on a successful young adult novel.

New authorship – Simon Stålenhag & Anna Davour

Simon Stålenhag (b. 1984) is the internationally acclaimed author and artist behind Tales from the Loop, Things from the Flood and The Electric State. His images and stories depicting illusive sci-fi phenomena in mundane, hyper-realistic Scandinavian and American landscapes have made Stålenhag one of the most sought-after visual storytellers in the world.

Anna Davour (b. 1975) is a science journalist at one of Sweden’s most well-respected popular science magazines, Forskning & Framsteg. In addition to her journalistic career, Davour has worked in the field of astroparticle physics, joining the search for dark matter and so-called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles). She has also worked for the science department of the Swedish national radio, Sveriges Radio.

Images from Deep Time is their first joint work.

Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen’s new crime series ‘For Life’

International Emmy award-winner Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen (Mammon) has, together with Helena Nielsen (Lilyhammer), created a new procedural crime series for NRK: For Life.

For Life follows a non-linear structure, incorporating time-jumps that give the viewing audience greater freedom in addition to having the satisfaction of closed episodes.

In the series, the viewer gets to follow top police woman Victoria Woll, currently serving a life sentence in jail. In each episode, set in modern time but told in flashbacks, we see how the sharp-witted detective works on different cases with her team, and slowly the mystery of why she ended up in jail is revealed.

For Life is produced by NENT Group’s Monster Scripted and will premiere in 2020.

New Author – Emma Karinsdotter

Emma Karinsdotter (b. 1985) grew up in picturesque Ronneby, the city known as the heart of “The Garden of Sweden.” Before debuting as a children’s books author, Karinsdotter worked in the book and music industry as a project manager, and concert organizer. The Isle of a Thousand Stars is Karinsdotter’s second work: a breathtaking tale of magic, adventure, and finding a way of moving on. A modern-day Astrid Lindgren, Karinsdotter’s authorship has already found a home in the hearts of the new generation.

Jo Nesbø shortlisted for the British Book Awards

Jo Nesbø has been shortlisted for the 2019 British Book Awards in the category ‘Crime & Thriller’. The British Book Awards, or Nibbies as they’re also referred to, has been the leading awards for the book trade since 1990. Owned and organized by The Bookseller and judged by leading industry experts, the award is regarded as “the BAFTAs of the book trade.” Nesbø has been nominated for his critically acclaimed Macbeth, a retelling of Shakespeare’s darkest and most tragic play. The awards ceremony will take place on May 13th, in London.

The weekly Swedish bestseller lists

The official Swedish bestseller lists of week 11 (March 11-17th) are topped by among else Lars Kepler, who claim the No. 1 spot in the hardcover category with Lazarus. Also on the hardcover list is Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s A Higher JusticeNo. 3 this week – and Jo Nesbø, who comes in at No. 5 with The Thirst.

In the paperback category, Stina Jackson’s The Silver Road comes in at No. 4, additionally landing the No. 2 spot on the e-book list. Leif GW Persson’s memoir Master Detective Willy: the Story of My Career also claims a No. 2 placement, coming in second on the nonfiction list.

‘A Higher Justice’ and ‘Parental Magic’ on the Norwegian bestseller lists

Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s sixth novel, A Higher Justice, stays at No. 2 on the official weekly bestseller lists for e-books in Norway. The title also climbs the hardcover list, coming in at No. 4. Hedvig Montgomery’s Parental Magic likewise climbs, jumping one spot to No. 3 on the nonfiction list.

Heine Bakkeid shortlisted for the Riverton Prize

The shortlist for the 2018 Riverton Prize has been announced in Norway, and Heine Bakkeid is one of the five authors listed. Bakkeid has been nominated for his acclaimed Meet Me in Paradise, the second Thorkild Aske novel. The jury has the following to say about Bakkeid and the title:

“Nordic noir thrives in the second novel of this promising crime series. /…/ The excellent and original prose elevates this novel far above many others of the same genre. A particularly well-executed plot holds the reader captive during this entertaining and thrilling piece of crime fiction, wherein humor has also been given some space.”