Copenhagen Noir (32 page)

G
UNNAR
S
TAALESEN
(b. 1947), a Norwegian author residing in Bergen, is known and loved for his Bergen trilogy
(First Blush of Dawn, High Noon,
and
Evening Song)
and several volumes of crime fiction starring private detective Varg Veum.

S
USANNE
S
TAUN
(b. 1957) has made a name for herself in the Danish crime fiction scene with her books about the profiling expert Fanny Fiske, the latest of which is
My Girls
(2008).

K
RISTINA
S
TOLTZ
(b. 1975) has written three volumes of poetry, books for children, and the novel
The Tourist Hotel
(2006). Her second novel,
Human Track
, will be published in 2011. She has lived in bohemian Nørrebro most of her adult life.

G
EORG
U
RSIN
(b. 1934), a former public servant, had his literary debut at the age of seventy-one with the Kafka-esque crime novel
Cherlein and Schmidt
(2005). He has since written four more crime novels, the latest of which is
Murder at the Museum
(2009), all of them highly acclaimed. The Danish Crime Writers Academy honored Ursin in 2008 for
The Anonymous Movement
.