Scandinavian Women of Mystery – Today

We are delighted to host two public events on Monday, October 8th,  focused on the contributions women writers have made to Scandinavian crime fiction.

At 4:00 pm in Confer 127, Dr. Kerstin Bergman of Lund University will present a lecture, “The Women Strike Back: The Rise of Women Crime Writers in Sweden, 1997-2012.” Bergman is an internationally-recognized expert on the genre.

At 7:30 pm in the Interpretive Center, Helene Tursten (Swedish author of the Irene Huss series) will be joined by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis (Danish authors of the Nina Borg series) for a panel discussion with Glenn Kranking and Barbara Fister. Yes, Virginia, there will be refreshments.


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