Karin Fossum Biography, Novel and Books

Karin Fossum Biography

Karin Fossum is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller. She lives in a small town in southeastern Norway.

Karin Fossum was born on November 6, 1954 in Sandefjord, Norway. She is the author of crime fiction, often referred to as the “Norwegian queen of crime”.

Karin Fossum In The Darkness – Eva’s Eye

In The Darkness

“Eva is walking by the river one afternoon when a body floats to the surface of the icy water. She tells her daughter to wait patiently while she calls the police, but when she reaches the phone box Eva dials another number altogether. The dead man, Egil, has been missing for months, and it doesn’t take long for Inspector Sejer and his team to establish that he was the victim of a very violent killer. But the trail has gone cold. It’s as puzzling as another unsolved case on Sejer’s desk: the murder of a prostitute who was found dead just before Egil went missing. While Sejer is trying to piece together the fragments of a seemingly impossible case, Eva gets a phone call late one night. A stranger speaks and then swiftly hangs up. Eva looks out into the darkness and listens. All is quiet.”–Publisher description.

 

Originally published: 1995
Author: Karin Fossum
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Police procedural
Preceded by: The Caller, The Water’s Edge
Followed by: He Who Fears the Wolf, Don’t Look Back, The Murder of Harriet Krohn, The Caller

Calling Out For You

Calling Out For You

Calling Out For You (Norwegian: Elskede Poona, 2000) is a novel by Norwegian writer Karin Fossum. It features her series’ protagonist Inspector Sejer and his investigation into the vicious murder of an Indian bride recently moved to Norway to be with her husband.

The novel was translated into English in 2005, and was shortlisted for the 2005 Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger award, where the judges acclaimed it for having “real emotional power”. It was published in America in 2007 under the title The Indian Bride.

Originally published: 2000
Author: Karin Fossum
Genre: Crime Fiction
Publisher: Random House
Preceded by: When the Devil Holds the Candle, He Who Fears the Wolf
Followed by: Black Seconds, Calling Out for You, The Water’s Edge

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Karin Fossum Awards

• Bokhandlerprisen 1997, for Den som frykter ulven
• Tarjei Vesaas’ debutantpris 1974, for Kanskje i morgen
• Martin Beck Award 2002, for Svarte sekunder
• Rivertonprisen 1996, for Se deg ikke tilbake
• Glass Key award 1997, for Se deg ikke tilbake
• Cappelen Prize 2003
• Brage Prize 2000, for Elskede Poona
• The Gumshoe Awards for best European crime novel 2007
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the category Mystery/Thriller for 2007 published in 2008, for Elskede Poona

Karin Fossum Books

Inspector Sejer Series

• 1995 – In the Darkness 2012
• 1996 – Don’t Look Back 2002
• 1997 – He Who Fears the Wolf 2003
• 1998 – When the Devil Holds the Candle 2004
• 2000 – Calling Out For You 2005
• 2002 – Black Seconds 2007
• 2004 – The Murder of Harriet Krohn 2014
• 2007 – The Water’s Edge 2009
• 2008 – Bad Intentions 2010
• 2009 – The Caller 2011
• 2013 – The Drowned Boy 2016
• 2014 – Hellfire 2017
• 2016 – The Whisperer

Other writings

• 1974 – Maybe tomorrow – poetry
• 1978 – With the face in the shadow – poetry
• 1992 – In another light – short stories
• 1994 – Søylen – short stories
• 1999 – Welsh hus – novel
• 2002 – Jonas Eckel – novel
• 2003 – The Night of November 4th
• 2006 – Broken ( Fracture )
• 2011 – Jeg kan se i mørket
• 2012 – Night is Another Country – Poetry

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