Why I write crime fiction
For me, crime is about people. I write realistic crime novels with a focus on language, relationships and what happens beneath the surface. Here you can read more about my life as a writer and how the stories come to be.
Author meeting with Steinar Nygaard and Ingrid Berglund
Listen to "What You Own Forever" on Fabel – Narrated by Fanny Waager
My writing life
I’ve loved stories for as long as I can remember. It’s a love that definitely started because I was read to as a child.
My parents and grandparents all read to me—everything from fairy tales to classic children's books. Once I learned to read by myself, you could usually find me with my nose buried in a book.
All I wanted for Christmas and birthdays was books, books, and more books. Back then, nothing made me happier than holding a brand-new story in my hands.
Eventually, I started writing my own stories, but the thought of becoming an author never even crossed my mind.
In 2007 I started working on what would become my first book script. Even then, Silja Frost was
The main character and she became companions throughout all the different versions of the first script I worked on.
After ten years, I put this story aside and decided to start over with a clean slate. The only thing I held on to was Silja as the main character and some of the other characters. Over the next two years, my debut book, "Det du eier evig", took shape.
When in the spring of 2021, just a few days after I quit my job as a middle school teacher, I received an email from Kari Marstein in Gyldendal saying that they were interested in the script I had submitted, I could hardly believe it was true.
Three years later, "What You Own Forever" was on the shelves of bookstores around Norway and became another pinch-your-arm moment. The sale to Sweden in the fall of 2024 also falls into the same category. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have been given.
The process of writing book number two, "Selv om himmelen faller," has been very different. Suddenly, I had to deal with the fact that someone was waiting for what I wrote.
And since I had received so much positive feedback, would I be able to write a new book that the readers out there would like?
There have been many doubts along the way, while life has also taken turns that have gotten in the way of focus and writing time. But I have managed to stand by it, and now a new Silja Frost story is on its way to readers out there. I hope it will bring great reading pleasure and that it will have good luck and success on its journey.
And now it's time to start work on book number three. Silja Frost is ready for new adventures!
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