Max Seeck
Max Seeck - New York Times Bestselling Author of THE WITCH HUNTER.
“Another star has been added to the firmament of thriller writers,” announced Iltalehti newspaper, when Max’s debut novel was published in 2016. Four years and four books later, Max Seeck’s novels have been sold to more than 40 countries, including US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Nordic countries and as far as Korea!
His debut trilogy following protagonist Daniel Kuisma sold over 50,000 copies in Finland. His new Jessica Niemi series landed him on the New York Times Bestseller list! In Faithful Reader, AKA The Witch Hunter (US title), book 1 of the Jessica Niemi series, Helsinki Police Detective Jessica Niemi hunts an occultist serial killer. In Evil’s Net, AKA Ice Cov
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Sylvia Browne was an American author and self-proclaimed psychic who built a lucrative career through books, television appearances, and psychic readings. Known for her frequent guest spots on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, she claimed to communicate with angels, spirit guides, and the deceased, and said she had psychic visions from the age of three. In 1986, she founded the Society of Novus Spiritus, a Gnostic Christian church, and ran a variety of businesses, reportedly earning millions annually.
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Seppo Mustaluoto on syntynyt Savossa. Hän on tehnyt pitkän uran ammattisotilaana ja lainvalvontaviranomaisena eri puolilla Suomea ja kansainvälisissä tehtävissä. Nyttemmin asuessaan Uudenmaan syrjäisellä maaseudulla hän kirjoittaa, tekee metsätöitä ja toimii keksijänä ja yrittäjänä. Sotilaseläkkeellä olevan kirjailijan harrastuksiin kuuluvat koirat, metsästys, lukeminen, ruumiinkulttuuri ja single malt -viskit.
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic writer, of both crime-novels and children's fiction. She has been writing since 1998.
Her début crime-novel "Last Rituals" published in the US in 2007, and the UK in January 2008 was translated into English by Bernard Scudder, and is book 1 of the Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series.
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir graduated from high-school in 1983, finished a B.Sc. in civil engineering from the University of Iceland in 1988 and M.Sc in the same field from Concordia University in Montreal in 1997.
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Håkan Nesser
Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages.
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Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York.
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Camilla Grebe
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Leena Lehtolainen
Leena Katriina Lehtolainen is a Finnish crime novelist, best known for her series of novels about the policewoman Maria Kallio.
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Lehtolainen was born in Vesanto, Northern Savonia. Her first novel was released when she was only 12 years old. She studied literature in Helsinki until 1995 and wrote crime novels from 1993 on. Since about 2007 she has written other genres of books. Her works have been translated into various languages: Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish, French, Swedish, German, Estonian, Czech. -
Patricia G. Bertényi
Patricia G. Bertényi (born 1973) is a Hungarian-born author based in Turku who works as a nurse in an intensive care unit and is editor-in-chief of the Tehohoitolehti ICU periodical. In addition, she has earned a photography diploma from the New York Institute of Photography. Before her Osasto C1 (“Ward C1”) hospital detective novel series centred on Janka Vitéz, Bertényi wrote the “Varjojen lähettiläs” trilogy.
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Hanna-Riikka Kuisma
Hanna-Riikka Kuisma is a Finnish Finlandia Prize nominated author who is known for her novels that explore the dark sides of the human mind and our modern society.
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Helen Sarah Fields
Writes crime, mystery and thrillers. Loves historical fiction. Big horror fan. Goes back to one classic novel each month, to save her soul.
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Anna Jansson
Anna Maria Angelika Jansson is a Swedish crime writer and nurse from Visby, Gotland.
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Lars Kepler
Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, authors of the No. 1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series. With seven installments to date, the series has sold 13 million copies in 40 languages. The Ahndorils were both established writers before they adopted the pen name Lars Kepler, and have each published several acclaimed novels.
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Tuomas Kyrö
Tuomas Kyrö is a Finnish author and comic book illustrator.
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FI: Tuomas Kyrö on suomalainen romaaneja, kolumneja, pakinoita, draamaa sekä sarja- ja pilakuvia tuottanut kirjailija ja sarjakuvapiirtäjä. Kyrö on palkittu muun muassa Kalevi Jäntin rahaston palkinnolla vuonna 2005 ja Nuori Aleksis -palkinnolla 2006. Hänen teoksensa Liitto oli ehdolla Finlandia-palkinnon saajaksi vuonna 2005. Kyrö oli Eeva Joenpellon kirjailijakodin ensimmäinen stipendiaatti vuosina 2005–2009. Nykyisin hän asuu perheineen Janakkalassa. -
Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Lilja´s newest book, Netið ((Tangle) was published by Forlagid publishing in October 2016 and is the second book in the Reykjavík Noir Trilogy.
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Lilja started her writing career in 2008 when she sent a manuscript of a novel to a competition run by the publishing house Bjartur whose aim was to find the Icelandic Dan Brown. Lilja got a publishing deal out of the competition and in 2009 her first book, the crime novel Spor (Steps), came out, which she wrote in her spare time. Her second book, Fyrirgefning (Foregiveness) was published a year later but after that Lilja wrote mostly for theatre for the coming years. She won the Icelandic Theatre Awards for Best Play of the Year in 2014 for her staged debut Stóru börnin (Big Babies). But in 2015 she -
Satu Rämö
My name is Satu Rämö. I'm a Finnish-Icelandic author of the nordic blue crime book series called HILDUR.
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Here you can find my interview in Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...
I was born in Finland in 1980 and moved to Iceland twenty years ago and started writing books.
I have published numerous bestselling, prizewinning non-fiction titles in my native Finland, ranging from travel guides to Iceland, to inspirational memoirs and an Icelandic knitting book.
My crime fiction debut Hildur (2022) changed the game for me as an author, totally. HILDUR-series is Icelandic-Finnish nordic blue crime fiction that takes place in a small village in the Westfjords of Iceland. Nordic blue is similar to nordic noir but more human. The stories ar -
Emelie Schepp
Anna Emelie Schepp, född den 5 september 1979 i Motala är svensk kriminalförfattare.
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1998 vann hon Östgötateaterns dramapristävling, Möten.
Schepp har tidigare arbetat som projektledare i reklambranschen och arbetar i dag som författare, skribent och krönikör. Hon är även en av programledarna för Deckarpodden, en podcast om livet som författare, och har dessutom skrivit två filmmanus.
År 2013 debuterade hon med kriminalromanen Märkta för livet på eget förlag som blev såld i 40 000 exemplar. Schepp har tecknat ett treboksavtal med Wahlström & Widstrand som hösten 2014 gav ut Märkta för livet på nytt. Märkta för livet är den första delen i serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius.
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Pajtim Statovci
Pajtim Statovci is a Kosovo-born Finnish author.
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FM Pajtim Statovci (s. 1990) on Suomen kansainvälisesti menestyneimpiä kirjailijoita. Kriitikoiden ja lukijoiden rakastamat romaanit, Kissani Jugoslavia ja Tiranan sydän, ovat saaneet englanninkielisessä maailmassa haltioituneen vastaanoton. Hänen teostensa käännösoikeuksia on myyty yli 15 kielialueelle. Statovci palkittiin esikoisromaanistaan Kissani Jugoslavia Helsingin Sanomien kirjallisuuspalkinnolla, ja Tiranan sydän voitti Toisinkoinen-kirjallisuuspalkinnon. Statovci asuu Helsingissä ja valmistelee Helsingin yliopistossa väitöskirjaa kirjallisuuden eläinrepresentaatioista.
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Jessikka Aro
Jessikka Aro (b.1980) is a Finnish journalist working for Finland's public service broadcaster Yle and an author of a non-fiction book Putin's Trolls.
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In September 2014, she began to investigate pro-Russian Internet trolls, but became a victim of their activities herself. This harassment led to three people being convicted in October 2018.
In 2019 she was notified that she was to receive an International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of State but this was rescinded just before the ceremony.
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Satu Rämö
My name is Satu Rämö. I'm a Finnish-Icelandic author of the nordic blue crime book series called HILDUR.
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Here you can find my interview in Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...
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Jare Henrik Tiihonen
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Seppo Jokinen
FI: Seppo Sakari Jokinen (s. 13. huhtikuuta 1949 Tampere) on suomalainen rikoskirjailija.
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Jokinen kävi keskikoulun Tampereen klassillisessa lyseossa ja lähti armeijan jälkeen 1970 Australiaan lähes neljäksi vuodeksi. Hän työskenteli 1975 lähtien Tampereen kaupungin tietokonekeskuksessa ja ehti toimia pitkään keskuksen pääoperaattorina, kunnes ryhtyi vapaaksi kirjailijaksi loppuvuodesta 2006.
Seppo Jokinen tunnetaan tamperelaista ja Hervannassa asuvaa komisario Sakari Koskista käsittelevistä rikosromaaneistaan. Jokinen on julkaissut säännöllisesti vuodesta 1996 lähtien vuosittain yhden kirjan.
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Kaisu Tuokko
Kaisu Tuokko on kotoisin Kristiinankaupungista, eikä tuo Pohjolan helmi ole koskaan päästänyt hänestä irti. Tuokko rakastaa ventovieraiden tarinoita, pikkukaupunkien salaisuuksia, sateisia syysiltoja ja ruotsin kieltä. Hän asuu Helsingissä ja on nimennyt päähenkilönsä isoäitiensä mukaan.
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Kaisu Tuokko on kirjailijanimi, jonka takaa paljastuu Otavan lasten- ja nuortenkirjojen kustannusjohtaja Kaisu-Maria Toiskallio. Tuokko on alunperin kirjailijan tyttönimi. -
Sofia Lundberg
Sofia Lundberg is a journalist and former magazine editor who made her debut with the word-of-mouth sensation The Red Address Book.
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Lauded by critics for her ability to sweep readers off their feet and take them on journeys through time and space, love and loss, Lundberg is the shining new star of heartwarming – and heart-wrenching – Scandinavian fiction. -
Kim Edwards
Kim Edwards grew up in Skaneateles, New York, in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. The oldest of four children, she graduated from Colgate University and the University of Iowa, where she received an MFA in Fiction and an MA in Linguistics. After completing her graduate work, she went with her husband to Asia, where they spent the next five years teaching, first on the rural east coast of Malaysia, then in a small city an hour south of Tokyo, and finally in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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During her time in Asia, Kim began to publish short fiction, and in 1990 her story “Sky Juice” won the Nelson Algren Award. Her stories and essays have since appeared in a wide range of periodicals, including Ploughshares, Zoetrope, Anteaus, Story, and The Paris -
Anna Jansson
Anna Maria Angelika Jansson is a Swedish crime writer and nurse from Visby, Gotland.
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Emilie Autumn
Emilie Autumn grew up by the sea in California where she mastered the classical violin before going on to travel the world as a singing theatrical performer and author. Globally known for her genre-bending album Fight Like A Girl, Emilie has also appeared as an actress, starring in Darren Lynn Bousman's musical fantasy films The Devil's Carnival and Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival.
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Emilie’s academic career ended abruptly at the age of ten when she was removed from school to allow her the time to perfect her musical craft, yet, despite her near-complete absence of formal education, her debut self-published novel (the early editions of The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls) seems to demonstrate some understanding of proper spelling and grammar -
Jørgen Jæger
Jørgen Jæger er en kritikerrost norsk krimforfatter. Som forfatter er han kjent for en serie kriminalromaner med lensmann Ole Vik i rollen som etterforsker. Bøkene er frittstående, men man vil følge dramatiske hendelser i hovedpersonenes liv fra bok til bok.
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Han debuterte som kriminalromanforfatter med "Skyggejakten" i 2003. Jægers endelige gjennombrudd kom i 2012 med kriminalroman "Stemmen", hans sjette utgivelse.
Jægers sjette kriminalroman, "Stemmen", hans åttende, "Monster", hans niende, "Fortielsen" og hans tiende, "Guden", ble alle nominert til Bokhandlerprisen i 2012, 2015, 2016 og 2017.
Han har også skrevet kriminalnoveller.
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Milka Hakkarainen
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Milka Hakkarainen is a finnish author living in Sweden. Her debut novel "Ei verta rantaa rakkaampaa" was published in 2021 and it was the best debut crime novel of the year in Finland. The sequel is "Maa kauhein isien". -
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Frank is a cross-disciplinary researcher with PhDs in both philosophy (University of Helsinki) and organizational research (Aalto University). His research has been published in numerous academic j -
Romy Fölck
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Mariette Lindstein
Mariette Lindstein (born 1958) was raised in Halmstad on the west coast of Sweden.
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From a young age she had a knack for telling stories, ghost stories first then short novels that were published in teen magazines. By the time she graduated high school she had her sights set on a career in journalism.
These dreams evaporated when she was drawn to the Church of Scientology at age 19. She was rapidly promoted to the cult’s headquarters outside Los Angeles where she wound up staying for more than 20 years and worked at the highest levels, directly under Scientology leader David Miscavige.
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Laure Van Rensburg
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Jason Dean
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Matti Laine
Matti Laine is a Finnish, Helsinki-based novelist, screenwriter and an actor. He has studied dramaturgy in the Tampere University and acting in the Theatre Academy, Helsinki. He has published seven crime-novels and was one of the writers of the Finnish Nordic-noir TV-series Bordertown (first-season). Along with TV- and cinema, he has also written for theatre two plays and does still some acting too, when the time is right. He loves football, hazy rock-clubs and Lapland.
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Juha-Pekka Koskinen
Juha-Pekka Koskinen has published several acclaimed historical novels, short stories collections, books for children and some thirty short stories in various magazines and anthologies.
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Koskinen’s epic historical novels are a mystical blend of historical fact and fiction. He takes the reader on a journey through history, in the tradition of Bulgakov, Marquez, Eco and Calvino.
Koskinen has received grants from Finnish Cultural Foundation and Häme Province Foundation in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2012 and won the Karisto Foundation Award in 2005 and 2009. -
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Lotte Hammer
Lotte Hammer (born 1955) finished her training as a nurse in 1977. She has since worked and lived many places, such as Greece, Germany, the North Sea’s oil rigs and the American air force bases in Greenland. From 1995 to 2010 she was head of the Public Eldercare in Halsnaes, Denmark. From 2006 to 2010 she was actively involved in local politics and has been writing full time since 2010.
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The crime writing siblings, Lotte Hammer and Søren Hammer published their first novel Svinehunde (The Beast Within) in March 2010.