In Racine, Wisconsin.Ĭlinging to this last shred of communication from the father she hasn't heard from since childhood, Ilka makes an uncharacteristically rash decision and jumps on a plane to Wisconsin.

And he's left her something in his will: his funeral home. Until unexpected news rocks her quiet existence: Her father-who walked out suddenly and inexplicably on the family more than three decades ago-has died. She has a beautiful son and two lovely dogs.Īlready widowed by the age of forty, Ilka Nichols Jensen, a school portrait photographer, leads a modest, regimented, and uneventful life in Copenhagen. Her books have so far been published in 38 countries, selling more than 4.5 million copies.Īn ambassador for Save the Children, Sara currently lives in Copenhagen. The novel was first published in her native Danish before getting translated into other languages, including English.

Sara then went on to work as a journalist, and gradually began writing crime fiction tales eventually publishing The Midnight Witness in 2004, the first book featuring Detective Louise Rick.

She trained as a waiter before switching to the printing industry, where she fell seriously ill due to the effects of the drugs used in the enterprise. Sara Blædel is a celebrated Danish award-winning author of mystery, thriller and crime fiction books.īorn in Copenhagen, she is the brains behind the #1 international bestselling Louise Rick / Camilla Lind mystery series.Īlthough her father was a Cavling Prize-winning journalist, and her mother was an actress, a dyslexic Sara never imagined that she would one day become an author.

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