Alexandria Bockfeldt Dahl (born 1982), known as Alex Dahl, is an American/Norwegian crime novelist who writes in the Nordic noir genre. Her works have been translated into twelve 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] In 2020, Dahl published Playdate.[7]

Adaptations

Her 2020 novel Playdate entered production for a Disney+ television series of the same name, starring Holiday Grainger.[8]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. ↑ "True Lies: Alex Dahl, in Her Own Words".
  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.
  7. ↑ McHugh, Marian (27 June 2023). "Tanya Seghatchian, Nicola Shindler to produce 'Playdate' drama series for Disney+". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Goldbart, Max (June 27, 2023). "'Playdate': Disney+ Greenlights Tense Thriller Series From 'The Power Of The Dog' & 'It's A Sin' Producers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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