Statistics from the UK book sales monitor Nielsen Book Scan show that Jo Nesbø is the most sold translated author of 2018 in the UK. Nesbø’s eleventh installment in the Harry Hole series, The Thirst, is No. 1 on the official list, and Macbeth, his latest stand-alone novel, is No. 2. Also on the top twenty list is Fredrik Backman, whose long-running bestseller A Man Called Ove, comes in at No. 16.

The bestseller list for the most sold Norwegian children’s books in Norway 2018 has been announced, and Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series dominates the list and occupies an impressive thirteen out of fifteen placements. Starting with Operation Mummy at No. 2, the books featured are the following: Operation Pirate, Operation Summer Island, Operation Ghost, Operation Shadowman, Operation Circus, Operation Thundercloud, Operation Shipwreck, The Search for the Queen of the Jungle, Operation Windblast, The Search for The Thief’s Thief, Operation Junk Thief and Operation Daffodil.

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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.

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.

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.

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 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.