We are happy and proud to welcome Nikolaj Frobenius to Northern Stories, an international acclaimed novelist and screenwriter. His books has been translated into numerous languages and he has since his international literary breakthrough in 1996 received lots of international awards.
Among Frobenius’ works you’ll find such iconic titles as the classic thriller Insomnia, which Christopher Nolan later turned into a major Hollywood movie starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank.
Frobenius’ trademark is an assured talent and a linguistic skill beyond the norm. In his writing he switches between real, fictitious and historical scenarios with supreme confidence and moves effortless in time and space. A central theme in several of his novels is the juxtaposition of the present and the past.
Foreign Sales: Nikolaj Frobenius’ oevre is now translated into 18 languages: British English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
We are also happy to announce that in March 2021, Nikolaj’s new psycological thriller Swansong will be published in Norway by Gyldendal. Stay tuned for more news…
After being on the shortlist for The Translation Dagger Award in August 2020, Agnes Ravatn has done it again! This time, her thriller Seven Doors has been shortlisted for the Petrona Award.
Nikolaj Frobenius’ psychological thriller SWAN SONG was recently published the reception has been outstanding. Have a look at what the critics are saying.
Agnes Ravatn is nominated for the prestigious CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger for her thriller The Seven Doors. She is in good company, amoung the 5 final titles you will also find other esteemed authors like Fredrik Backman and Mikael Niemi, as well as Roxanne Bouchard, Yun Ko-eun and D A Mishani.
Han har lenge vært en av Norges mest populære krimforfattere. Nå får Jørgen Jæger lesere også i en rekke nye land.
NORLA has again selected their prioritized titles in Norway for this spring. Eight titles within Norwegian fiction, non-fiction and children’s and YA. We are proud to say that two of the chosen titles are from Northern Stories.