3 books
44 pages each
Black & white
29.5 x 21.0 cm
Ages 12 and up
1920’s Copenhagen – a roaring, thriving metropolis and Bolette Hansen, crime novelist, is struggling with her latest novel.
A chance meeting with a stranger sets events in motion and thrusts Ms Hansen into the criminal underworld of the Danish capital.
Born in 1953. Paul Arne Kring is a theatre scenographer, puppet designer and comics artist. In 1969 he had his first story with Weneetryhl published in Denmark, and in recent years three more stories have come from his talented hands. His detective stories with Bolette Hansen was published weekly in the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet.
1 book
80 pages
23,0 x 31,5, hardcover
Published in Danish
Ages 13 and up.
A Slave in the Levant is a special one-shot story, telling the origin of Nofret. The book can be read independently of the rest of the series.
Nofret is captured by pirates and sold at the slave market in Byblos. She is forced to march through the desert of Syria and married to a rich, old merchant in Babylon.
Published in Denmark with two variant covers, one for the younger audience and one for older readers.
A 1983 graduate from the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen, Sussi Bech is an award-winning cartoonist living in Denmark. Her most popular graphic novel is Nofret – 13 volumes so far – which stars a young Egyptian girl in the land of the pharaohs and combines her adventures with historically accurate depictions of ancient Egypt. Sussi Bech has won several awards for her work.
1 book, more underway
24 pages
21,0 x 24,0 cm
Published in Danish and Icelandic.
Silja is a little girl who likes to play a monster.
But even monsters get their teeth brushed, says her dad. But Silja doesn’t want that and one day, she turns into GoodSilja and eats her dad. No more toothbrushing.
Author of the Silja books and Danish translator of Mouse Guard and ApocalyptiGirl. Árni represents several Danish creators internationally.
2 books in the series:
Zenobia, 92 pages
Ivalu, 116 pages
17.5 x 24.5 cm
Ivalu and Zenobia are the first two books in a series about children’s rights around the world.
Zenobia is about the war in Syria. A graphic novel about a girl fleeing from the war in Syria. Zenobia has been sold for publication in 18 languages.
Ivalu is a story from remote Greenland about sexual abuse and suicide among children and young adults. A young girl suddenly has to face the horrible realities of incest and suicide, when her older sister Ivalu disappears.
“Ivalu” was adapted by Oscar winner Anders Walter as a short film, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2023.
Illustrator and comics artist. Zenobia with author Morten Dürr won him several awards for Best Graphic Novel in 2016 and the Illustration Award of the Danish Ministry of Culture.
Danish Children’s author with 57 published books. Translated into 20 languages. The current bestseller is the graphic novel, Zenobia.