Lene Kaaberbøl (born in 1960) is a Danish writer born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, Denmark. Her work primarily consists of children's

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series and

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for adults. She received the

Nordic Children's Book Prize The Nordic Children's Book Prize (Danish: Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforenings Børnebogspris also called Nordisk Børnebogspris) is a children's literary prize which was established in 1985 by the Nordic Association of School Librarians (Nordisk Skole ...

in 2004. In 2009 Kaaberbøl with her co-author Agnete Friis was awarded the Harald Mogensen Prize by the Danish Criminal Academy (''Det danske Kriminalakademi'', DKA) for novel ''The boy in the suitcase''. In 2018 her '' Wild Witch'' (''Vildheks'') book series (2011–2014) provided the basis for a Danish children's fantasy film of the same name.

Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Lene Kaaberbøl grew up in the small town of Malling, in the countryside south of

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

. She got her first book published when she was only 15 years old. It was also the first book of what became the Tina series and it has been translated into Norwegian and Swedish. Graduated from

Aarhus Katedralskole Aarhus Katedralskole is a cathedral school, an institution of secondary education, a Danish Gymnasium (Denmark), Gymnasium and a Listed buildings in Aarhus Municipality, listed building in Aarhus, Denmark. The school is situated in the neighborhoo ...

and educated with a degree in both English and

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from

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, she has worked as a

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teacher and a translator, but her working life has been very diverse and she also made a living as a

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at one time. Having resided on

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

, Kaaberbøl now lives in

Sark Sark (Sercquiais: or , ) is an island in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, and part of the archipelago of the Channel Islands. It is a self-governing British Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency, with its own set o ...

, in the Channel Islands, close to France.

Bibliography

Translated works

The Shamer Chronicles

*''The Shamer's Daughter'' (Henry Holt and Company, 2006) *''The Shamer's Signet'' (Henry Holt and Company, 2007) *''The Serpent Gift'' (Henry Holt and Company, 2007) *''The Shamer's War'' (Henry Holt and Company, 2008)

Katriona

*''Silverhorse'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2008) *''Midnight'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2009)

W.I.T.C.H.

*''When Lightning Strikes'' (Volo, 2004) *''Enchanted Music'' (Volo, 2004) *''Heartbreak Island'' (Volo, 2005) *''The Cruel Empress'' (Volo, 2005) *''Stolen Spring'' (Volo, 2005) *''Stenfalken'' (2003) *''Ørnekløer'' (2003) *''Uglens skygge'' (2003) *''Den gyldne fønix'' (2003)

Nina Borg (with Agnete Friis)

*''The Boy in the Suitcase'' (Soho Crime, 2011) *''Invisible Murder'' (Soho Crime, 2012) *''Death of a Nightingale'' (Soho Crime, 2013) *''The Considerate Killer'' (Soho Crime, 2016)

Madelein Karno

*''Doctor Death'' (2015) *''A lady in shadows''

Wild Witch

*''

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'' ( Pushkin Press, 2016) *''Oblivion'' (Pushkin Press, 2016) *''Life Stealer'' (Pushkin Press, 2016) *''Bloodling'' (Pushkin Press, 2016)

References

External links

Official website Amazon Goodreads The Shamer's Daughter The Shamer's Signet The Shamer's War The Serpent's Gift
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaaberbol, Lene 1960 births Living people Danish women writers Danish children's writers Danish fantasy writers Danish women children's writers Danish crime fiction writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers