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”.
Books in order of publication (In Danish or English):
Groucho & Co’s groveste (in Danish). Valby, Denmark: Donna. 1984.
Dansk tegneserieleksikon – den store Komiklex (in Danish). Valby, Denmark: Donna. 1985.
Groucho: …en Marx Brother bag facaden (in Danish). Valby, Denmark: Donna. 1985.
Videocounter (in Danish). Valby, Denmark: Donna. 1985.
Alfabethuset (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Cicero. 1997. English translation: The Alphabet House, 2014
Firmaknuseren (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Lademanns Forlag. 2002.
Firmaknuseren – later editions published by Politiken Og Hun Takkede Guderne (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Egmont Bogklubberne. 2003.
Washington dekretet (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Aschehoug. 2006..; English translation: The Washington Decree (US), 2018
Kvinden i buret (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2007.; English translation: The Keeper of Lost Causes (US), Mercy (UK), 2011 [= Department Q Vol. 1]
Fasandræberne (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2008.; English translation: The Absent One (US), Disgrace (UK), 2012 [= Department Q Vol. 2]
Flaskepost fra P. (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2009.; English translation: A Conspiracy of Faith (US), Redemption (UK), 2013 [= Department Q Vol. 3]
Journal 64 (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2010.; English translation: The Purity of Vengeance (US) 2013, Guilt (UK) 2013 [= Department Q Vol. 4]
Små Pikante Drab published in the book Liv for Liv (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2011.
Marco Effekten (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2012. ; English translation: The Marco Effect (US) 2014, Buried (UK) 2015 [= Department Q Vol. 5]
Den Grænseløse (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2014.; English translation: The Hanging Girl (2015) [= Department Q Vol. 6]
Selfies (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2017.; English translation: The Scarred Woman [= Department Q Vol. 7]
Offer 2117 (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2019.; English translation: Victim 2117 (US) 2020 [= Department Q Vol. 8]
Natrium Chlorid (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2021.; English translation: The Shadow Murders (US), 2022 ISBN 978-1524742584 [= Department Q Vol. 9]
Sprækken (in Danish). Denmark: Forlaget AfArt. 2022.
7 m2 med lås (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politiken. 2023.; English translation: Locked In (US), 2024 ISBN 978-1529434545 [= Department Q Vol. 10]
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