Helene Tursten (born in Gothenburg in 1954) is a Swedish writer of crime fiction. The main character in her stories is Detective Inspector Irene Huss. Before becoming an author, Tursten worked as a nurse and then a dentist, but was forced to leave due to illness. During her illness she worked as a translator of medical articles. Series: * Irene Huss

Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author who began to write novels in the 1990s after a comprehensive career as publisher, editor, film composer for the Valhalla cartoon and as a bookseller. He made his debut with the thriller “Alfabethuset” (1997), which reached bestseller status both in Denmark and internationally just like his subsequent novels “And She Thanked the Gods” (prev. “The Company Basher”) (2003) and “The Washington Decree” (2006). The first book on Department Q is “Kvinden I buret” (2007) and the second “Fasandræberne” (2008). The main detective is Deputy Superintendent Carl Morck from the Department Q and he is also the star of the third volume, “Flaskepost fra P” which was released in the fall of 2009 and secured Adler-Olsen ”Readers' Book Award” from Berlingske Tidende-readers, the Harald Mogensen Prize as well as the Scandinavian Crime Society's most prestigious price ”Glass Key”. The fourth volume in the Department Q series, “Journal 64” was published in 2010 and he was awarded the once-in-a-lifetime-prize of “The Golden Laurels” for this in 2011”. In December 2012 the fifth novel was published, “Marco Effekten". Furthermore, Jussi Adler-Olsen was awarded “Favourite Author of the Danes” in 2011, 2012 and 2013 leading the organization behind to change the set-up, so the winner cannot be chosen more than once in a three year period. Jussi Adler-Olsen's novels have had such an impact abroad, that he has also received a variety of awards there: ”The Sealed Room Award” in Japan for “Kvinden I buret”; ”Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year”,”The Crime - Blitz Award 2011” in Germany for “Flaskepost til P” given to the best international crime, Elle magazine's French reader award: ”Prix de Lectrices the Elle” for “Kvinden I buret” as well as ”The Barry Award” in the US for “Kvinen I buret” that was elected ”Best Novel of the Year”. His first novel “Alfabethuset” and the first four books of the Department Q series have been sold for film adaptation. “Kvinden I buret” premiered in 2013 and “Fasandræberne” opens in Denmark October 2014.

H. P. Karr studierte Publizistik, Germanistik, Anglistik und arbeitete neben- und nacheinander als Reporter, Redakteur, freier Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er schrieb mehrere Jugendkrimis, zahlreiche Kriminalstorys und Kriminalhörspiele und Kriminalromane. 1991 und 92 gewann er mit seinen "Kriminalstorys zum Selberlösen", die unter den Titeln MORD! und DAS MORDEN GEHT WEITER erschienen, dem traditionellen Ratekrimi einen neues Aspekt ab. Er gehört zu den Mitbegründern das BOCHUMER KRIMI ARCHIVS, das als Informationssammelstelle für alles, was mit Kriminalliteratur zu tun hat fungiert und alljährlich die Vergabe des DEUTSCHEN KRIMI PREISES organisiert. Seit 1988 schreibt H.P. Karr gelegentlich mit Walter Wehner gemeinsam Kriminalstorys, Großstadtgeschichten und Hörspiele. Gleich die erste gemeinsame Story von H.P.Karr & Walter Wehner, "Nachtfahrt", wurde mit dem "Walter Serner Preis" 1988 des SFB ausgezeichnet. 1989 erhielten Karr & Wehner den Literaturpreis der Stadt Aachen/Walter Hasenclever-Preis für ihre Kriminalstory "Angela, mein Engel" und im gleichen Jahr den Literaturpreis Ruhrgebiet/Förderpreis für die Story "Berbersommer". Mit ihrem zweiten Roman RATTENSOMMER wurden Sie 1996 mit dem GLAUSER/Autorenpreis deutsche Kriminalliteratur ausgezeichnet und um Jahr 2000 erhielt das Autorenteam den "Literaturpreis Ruhrgebiet". H.P. Karr lebt im Ruhrgebiet.