Karin Fossum

The recorded working language is English and Norwegian. The field of work recorded is poetry, crime literature and psychology. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are detective fiction and psychological thriller. Ruth Rendell is recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are Don't Look Back, Calling Out for You, Black Seconds, When the Devil Holds the Candle, He Who Fears the Wolf and Hell Fire. Distinctions recorded are Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris, Amalie Skram Award, Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and Cappelen Prize.

Karin Mathisen was born on 6 November 1954 in Sandefjord, in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives in Sylling, near Oslo. Fossum debuted as a poet with Kanskje i morgen, her first collection published in 1974 when she was just 20. It won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. For a time she worked in hospitals, and nursing homes and assisted with the rehabilitation of drug addicts.

Fossum began her literary career as a poet. She is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer series of crime novels, which have been translated into 25 languages and honoured with several awards. She won the Glass Key award for her novel Don't Look Back, which also won the Riverton Prize, and she was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in 2005 for Calling Out For You. La ragazza del lago, internationally released as The Girl by the Lake, is a 2007 Italian thriller-drama film directed by Andrea Molaioli, in his directorial debut. It is based on the 1996 novel Don't Look Back (Se deg ikke tilbake!).

(also featuring Inspector Jakob Skarre): 1995 - Eva's Eye / In the Darkness (Evas øye); English translation 2012 1996 - Don't Look Back (Se deg ikke tilbake!); English translation 2002 1997 - He Who Fears the Wolf (Den som frykter ulven); English translation 2003 1998 - When the Devil Holds the Candle (Djevelen holder lyset); English translation 2004 2000 - Calling Out For You (Elskede Poona); English translation: 2005; American translation: The Indian Bride, 2007 2002 - Black Seconds (Svarte sekunder); English translation 2007 2004 - The Murder of Harriet Krohn (Drapet på Harriet Krohn); English translation 2014 2007 - The Water's Edge (Den som elsker noe annet); English translation 2009 2008 - Bad Intentions (Den onde viljen); English translation 2010 2009 - The Caller (Varsleren); English translation 2011 2013 - The Drowned Boy (Carmen Zita og døden); English translation 2015 2014 - Hell Fire (Helvetesilden); English translation 2016 2016 - The Whisperer (Hviskeren); English translation The character of Sejer appeared in a series of Norwegian TV adaptations starring Bjørn Sundquist in the role, with Christian Skolmen as Sejer's partner Jacob Skarre.