Lene Kaaberbøl
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Lene Kaaberbøl (born in 1960) is a Danish writer born in Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kaaberboel.dk/uk-cv.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080123061309/http://www.kaaberboel.dk/uk-cv.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2008 |title=Lene Kaaberbøl:CV |accessdate=9 March 2010 |author= Kaaberbøl, Lene|publisher= Author's official website }} Her work primarily consists of children's fantasy series and crime fiction for adults. She received the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2004.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org/index.php?pageID=63&page=Oversikt+prisvinnere |title=Nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org |access-date=7 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006133507/http://www.nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org/index.php?pageID=63&page=Oversikt+prisvinnere |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite web|title=Agnete Friis (tv) og Lene Kaaberbøl modtog årets Harald Mogensen-pris|url=https://krimimessen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kaaberbc3b8l-og-friis-m-pris.jpg|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Krimimessen Horsens|language=da-DK}} 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 in Jutland. She got her first book published when she was only 15 years old. It was also the first book of what became the Tina seriesLene Kaaberbøl (1975): "Den første bog om Tina og hestene : hvori Tina får til opgave at tage sig af et moderløst, gyldenbrunt hingstføl" {{in lang|da}} and it has been translated into Norwegian and Swedish. Graduated from Aarhus Katedralskole and educated with a degree in both English and Dramaturgy from Aarhus University, she has worked as a high school teacher and a translator, but her working life has been very diverse and she also made a living as a cleaning lady at one time. Having resided on Zealand, Kaaberbøl now lives in Sark, in the Channel Islands, close to France.[http://www.litteratursiden.dk/forfattere/lene-kaaberboel Lene Kaaberbøl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808074935/http://www.litteratursiden.dk/forfattere/lene-kaaberboel |date=8 August 2014 }} Litteratursiden.dk {{in lang|da}}{{Cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/ECE1091789/lene-kaaberboel-uhyggen-skal-hviske-i-vandroerene/|title=The Duchess of Fantasy|language=Danish|newspaper=Politiken|accessdate=21 July 2014|date=24 October 2010|author=Carsten Andersen}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lenekaaberbol.dk/bio|title=Om Lene [about lene]|language=Danish|accessdate=25 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055359/http://www.lenekaaberbol.dk/bio|archive-date=26 December 2016|url-status=dead}}
Bibliography
=Translated works=
== The Shamer Chronicles ==
- The Shamer's Daughter (Henry Holt and Company, 2006){{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/590327.The_Shamer_s_Daughter |title=The Shamer's Daughter reviews |publisher=goodreads.com |accessdate=2014-07-11}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Shamers-Daughter-Shamer-Chronicles/dp/B005SMWP1M |title=The Shamer's Daughter |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=2014-07-11}}
- The Shamer's Signet (Henry Holt and Company, 2007){{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/590323.The_Shamer_s_Signet |title=The Shamer's Signet reviews |publisher=goodreads.com |accessdate=2014-07-11}}
- The Serpent Gift (Henry Holt and Company, 2007){{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/590324.The_Serpent_Gift |title=The Serpent Gift reviews |publisher=goodreads.com |accessdate=2014-07-11}}
- The Shamer's War (Henry Holt and Company, 2008){{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/590325.The_Shamer_s_War |title=The Shamer's War reviews |publisher=goodreads.com |accessdate=2014-07-11}}
== Katriona ==
- Silverhorse (Macmillan Children's Books, 2008)
- Midnight (Macmillan Children's Books, 2009)
== W.I.T.C.H. ==
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- 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 (writer)|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 ==
{{main article|Wild Witch}}
- Wildfire (Pushkin Press, 2016)
- Oblivion (Pushkin Press, 2016)
- Life Stealer (Pushkin Press, 2016)
- Bloodling (Pushkin Press, 2016)
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20080604164918/http://www.kaaberboel.dk/uk-the-witch-series.htm Official website]
- [https://archive.today/20080216173252/http://www.kaaberboel.dk/uk-the-shamer-quartet.htm Official Website]
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805081119 Amazon]
- [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/590327.The_Shamer_s_Daughter Goodreads]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=JGEjdVq0v0cC&q=shamer's+daughter The Shamer's Daughter]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=pBw44hMOLqgC The Shamer's Signet]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=sPJ8GS0i3LQC The Shamer's War]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=WsujxhA4WmcC The Serpent's Gift]
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