Unni Lindell

Unni Maria Lindell ( born April 3, 1957 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer, translator and journalist. Lindell was first known as the author of youth literature, before she turned to the genre of the detective novel. The focus of their crime series is the Oslo Commissioner Cato Isaksen. For the novel Drømmefangeren ( German careful what you're dreaming ) she received in 1999 the Riverton Prize for the best Norwegian crime novel. Her books have been already in ten languages, including German, translated and some novels made ​​into a movie. The three-piece Drømmefangeren after the eponymous detective novel from 1999 was broadcast by Norwegian television NRK 2005. 2008 was followed by the television version of the novel Sørgekåpen. Unni Lindell now lives with her husband and two sons in Røyken near Oslo.

Life

After studying Romance Languages ​​Unni Lindell toured several European countries. Then she trained as a journalist and worked as a freelancer for various newspapers and magazines. But since her early youth was their interest to writing.

Initially she wrote smaller poems, which appeared in weekly magazines before they were in 1986 with the young adult novel The grønne dagen her debut as a writer. This was followed by a collection of poems, short stories, humorous works and a series of children 's books. However, your biggest success Lindell with the crime novels by Commissioner Cato Isaksen, which were filmed from 2005 in the Norwegian film series as Commissioner Isaksen.

International success Unni Lindell is currently also with her children's book series about the little ghost Bella Buuuh (original Nifse Nilla ).