Alex Dahl

Alexandria Bockfeldt Dahl (born 1982), known as Alex Dahl, is a Norwegian crime novelist who writes in the Nordic noir genre. Her works have been translated into ten languages, and she was described by Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet in 2019 as a new star of Nordic noir literature.[1]

Background

She was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and an American mother, and grew up in West End Oslo. She is a native speaker of both Norwegian and English. She studied Russian, German and international studies in Oslo and Moscow, before earning a creative writing degree from Bath Spa University and a management degree from the University of Bath. She lives in London.[1]

Work

Her first novel, Før jeg forlater deg (Before I Leave You), was published in Norwegian under the name Alexandra Bockfeldt in 2013.[2]

In 2018 her first English-language novel, The Boy at the Door, was published by Penguin Random House. The book was one of the most widely sold e-books in England at the time and was described by The Times as one of "the best crime fiction" books published in 2018.[3] It has been translated into ten languages.[4][5][6]

In 2019 she published the novel The Heart Keeper.[1]

Bibliography
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References
  1. Eliassen, Åshild (22 April 2019). "Den ukjente norske krimstjerna". Dagbladet.no.
  2. Bjørhei, Elin Brend (2013). "Bokanmeldelse: Før jeg forlater deg, Alexandria Bockfeldt (book review)". Bra Bok/Bokelskerinnen.
  3. Robinson, Karen (5 August 2018). "The best crime fiction for your holiday: 10 top reads for the beach" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  4. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/76841-true-lies-alex-dahl-in-her-own-words.html
  5. "Alex Dahl - Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  6. "(+) Alex Dahl (36) skriver internasjonal thriller om Sandefjord: - Det skjer et voldsomt mord nede ved Kilen Brygge". www.sb.no. 7 July 2018.
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