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Sanora Babb (April 21, 1907 - December 31, 2005) was born in Oklahoma Territory and lived in Red Rock. All her life she identified with the Native American beliefs and community life, based on the Otoes she knew there. She liked to tell how the Indian chief gave her a pony and wanted to adopt her. She was proud of the name he gave her: "Little Cheyenne Who Rides Like the Wind." In 1909, the Babbs moved to Waynoka and her sister Dorothy was born. After a brief return to Red Rock, the family then moved to Two Buttes, Baca County on the High Plains of Colorado in 1913. There they lived in a dugout with the grandfather (recounted in her memoir An Owl on Every Post) and struggled to grow broomcorn. Four years later, having failed at homesteading, they returned to the Oklahoma Panhandle area to live in Elkhart, Kansas, Forgan, Oklahoma (where Sanora graduated from Forgan High Schooll), and Garden City, Kansas. Although Sanora graduated high school as valedictorian, she was not allowed to give her speech because her father was a gambler. Disapproval of his profession also necessitated their itinerant lifestyle. When Sanora was 22, she moved to Los Angeles to further her career as a journalist and explore the wider world. And, she did just that.

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Jerome Charyn (born May 13, 1937) is an award-winning American author. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life. Michael Chabon calls him ‘one of the most important writers in American literature.' New York Newsday called Charyn as ‘a contemporary American Balzac,' and the Los Angeles Times described him as ‘absolutely unique among American writers.' Since the 1964 release of Charyn's first novel, Once Upon a Droshky, he has published 30 novels, three memoirs, eight graphic novels, two books about film, short stories, plays and works of non-fiction. Two of his memoirs were named New York Times Book of the Year. Charyn has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He received the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been named Commander of Arts and Letter (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Minister of Culture. Charyn was Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at the American University of Paris until 2009, when he retired from teaching. In addition to his writing and teaching, Charyn is a tournament table tennis player, once ranked in the top 10 percent of players in France. Noted novelist Don DeLillo called Charyn's book on table tennis, Sizzling Chops & Devilish Spins, ‘The Sun Also Rises of ping-pong.' Charyn lives in Paris and New York City.

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RAGNAR JONASSON was born in Iceland and works as an Attorney at Law and writer in Reykjavik. Before embarking on a writing career, Ragnar translated fourteen Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic. Ragnar is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir. He has appeared on panels at various crime fiction festivals, including Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime in the US. Ragnar lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two daughters. Snowblind is his debut novel.

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Harry Eugene Crews (7 June 1935 - 28 March 2012) was an American novelist, playwright, short story writer and essayist. He was born in Bacon County, Georgia in 1935 and served in the Marines during the Korean War. He attended the University of Florida on the GI Bill, but dropped out to travel. Eventually returning to the university, Harry finally graduated and moved his wife, Sally, and son, Patrick Scott, to Jacksonville where he taught Junior High English for a year. Crews returned to Gainesville and the university to work on his master's in English Education. It was during this period that he and Sally divorced for the first time. Harry continued his studies, graduated, and - denied entrance into UF's Creative Writing program - took a teaching position at Broward Community College in the subject of English. It was here in south Florida that Harry convinced Sally to return to him, and they were re-married. A second son, Byron, was born to them in 1963. He returned to University of Florida in 1968 not as a student, but as a member of the faculty in Creative Writing. Crews formerly taught in the creative writing program at the University of Florida. In 1964, Patrick Scott drowned in a neighbor's pool. This proved to be too heavy a burden on the family, and Harry and Sally were once again divorced. His first published novel, The Gospel Singer, appeared in 1968. His novels include: A Feast of Snakes, The Hawk is Dying, Body, Scar Lover, The Knockout Artist, Karate Is A Thing of the Spirit, All We Need of Hell, The Mulching of America, Car, and Celebration. He published a memoir in 1978 titled A Childhood: The Biography of a Place. Crews wrote essays for Esquire, Playboy, and Fame. He had a column in Esquire called ‘Grits' for fourteen months in the 1970s, where he covered such topics as cockfighting and dog fighting. Harry had a tattoo on his right arm which said: ‘How do you like your blue eyed boy Mr. Death' (from the poem Buffalo Bill's by e.e. cummings) beneath a skull. The University of Georgia acquired Harry Crews's papers in August 2006. The archive includes manuscripts and typescripts of his fiction, correspondence, and notes made by Crews while on assignment. He died 28 March 2012, from complications of neuropathy.

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Arnaldur Indridason was born in 1961. He worked at an Icelandic newspaper, first as a journalist and then for many years as a film reviewer. He won the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel for both Jar City and Silence of the Grave, and in 2005 Silence of the Grave also won the Golden Dagger Award. Indriaason lives in Reykjavik, Iceland; he and J.K. Rowling are the only authors to simultaneously hold the top three spots on the Icelandic bestseller list.

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YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR (born in 1963) lives with her family in Reykjavik. She is a director of one of Iceland's largest engineering firms. Her work is climbing bestseller lists all over the world.

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Quentin Bates lived in Iceland for ten years, during which time he got married, produced a family, and generally went native. He moved back to the UK with his family in 1990 and became a full-time journalist at a commercial fishing magazine. He and his wife frequently return to Iceland, where they have many friends, including several in the Reykjavik police.

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Anders Bodelsen (born February 11, 1937, Frederiksberg, Denmark) is a prolific Danish writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature, along with Christian Kampmann and Henrik Stangerup. Bodelsen prefers the social-realistic style of writing, often thrillers about middle-class people that faces the consequences of materialism, which often clashes with their human values. His thrillers also experiment with ordinary persons tempted by e.g. theft and border-morale issues. Most famous is his ingenious novel THINK OF A NUMBER (Tænk på et tal, 1968) filmed as ‘The Silent Partner‘ in 1978. Also widely known is his cooperation with Danish National Television (Danmarks Radio) on the filming of some of his children's thrillers, e.g. Guldregn (‘Golden Shower', 1986). Bodelsen has also made some lesser known radio plays.

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Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before becoming a writer, he worked variously as a sailor, ballet dancer, and actor. He published his first novel, A HISTORY OF DANISH DREAMS (1988), to positive reviews. However, it was SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW (1992), a million-copy bestseller, that earned Høeg immediate and international literary celebrity. His books have been published in more than thirty countries. Martin Aitken holds a PhD in linguistics and gave up university tenure to translate literature. Novels in his translation have been published on both sides of the Atlantic, and his translations of Danish short stories and poetry have appeared in The Literary Review, AGNI, Boston Review, and A Public Space, among other publications. He lives in rural Denmark.

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Hans Scherfig (April 8, 1905 - January 28, 1979) was a renowned Danish author and artist. His most famous works of literature include Stolen Spring, Frydenholm, Idealists, and The Scorpion, the last of which was published in over 20 countries. He is also well known for his distinctive Naivist lithographs which depict jungle and savanna scenes that owe something to Henri Rousseau, and various drawings and paintings with satirical, political, and biblical subject matter. Central to Scherfigs work was his lifelong political engagement. Already in his early years he became a dedicated communist and remained so until his death in 1979. He was also a long-standing member of the Communist Party of Denmark.Hans Scherfig (April 8, 1905 - January 28, 1979) was a renowned Danish author and artist. His most famous works of literature include Stolen Spring, Frydenholm, Idealists, and The Scorpion, the last of which was published in over 20 countries. He is also well known for his distinctive Naivist lithographs which depict jungle and savanna scenes that owe something to Henri Rousseau, and various drawings and paintings with satirical, political, and biblical subject matter. Central to Scherfigs work was his lifelong political engagement. Already in his early years he became a dedicated communist and remained so until his death in 1979. He was also a long-standing member of the Communist Party of Denmark.Because of this Scherfig was imprisoned by the Nazi German military occupation forces in Denmark during WWII. During the Cold War, Scherfig intensified his critical attitude against the United States. Scherfig lies in an unmarked grave in Assistens Cemetery (Copenhagen). His grave can be identified by the stone sculpture of a turtle which lies beside it

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Matti Rönkä (born 9 September 1959) is a Finnish TV journalist and novelist. He received the Glass Key award in 2007 for the crime novel Ystävät kaukana and the Deutscher Krimi Preis third prize in 2008 for the German translation of his novel Tappajan näköinen mies (2002) (German: Der Grenzgänger). He has been the anchor of the daily news program 20:30 National Report since 2003 on Yle, thus inheriting the nickname "Suomen ääni" (English: "The Voice of Finland") from the program's old host Arvi Lind.

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ANTTI TUOMAINEN (born January 1, 1971) was an award-winning copywriter in the advertising industry before he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. In 2011 Tuomainen's third novel, THE HEALER, was awarded the Clue Award for ‘Best Finnish Crime Novel 2011' and it is now being translated into twenty-six languages. He lives in Helsinki, Finland.

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Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (31 October 1948, Helsinki, Finland - 4 December 2011, Valkeakoski, Finland) was a Finnish writer of crime fiction. He has been awarded the State's Literature Prize (1982), Vuoden johtolanka prize (1985, 1994, 2004), and he has been nominated for two Finlandias. He received the Martin Beck Award in 1987. Joensuu has written several novels about the personal life and work of policeman Timo Harjunpää. He is a very credible and pleasant man, who treats the criminals as humanely as his own family, which consists of Timo, his wife Elisa and three children (Valpuri, Pipsa and Pauliina). Harjunpää has also been shown on TV. Joensuu's work has been translated into English, Bulgarian, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, French, Swedish, German, Slovak, Danish, Hungarian, Russian and Estonian.

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Mauri Sariola (1924-1985) wrote also as Esko Laukko was a Finnish mystery writer, who gained international fame with his inspector Susikoski stories. Among Sariola's best mystery novels were Leivätön pöytä on katettu (1958), Susikoski ottaa omansa (1959), Minä, Olavi Suskoski (1963), and Susikosken vaikein juttu (1967). Sariola received the French literary prize Prix du Roman d'adventures for his novel The Helsinki Affair (1961, Lavean tien laki), his most popular novel, which in Finland sold some 100,000 copies. The protagonist is a young lawyer, Matti Viima, who has an attractive secretary but not too busy in his office. He starts to investigate a case, in which his client has received threatening letters. The search of the blackmailer turns into a murder hunt. Finally Viima unmasks the offenders - his secretary and his client's friend Sistonen - in his capacity as Counsel for the Defence at the Helsinki Criminal Court. 'Sistonen was broad-shouldered, but not very tall - a feature which must go against him, I thought. I was about his height myself, though leaner. I had never liked big men: they were usually bumptious and smug, amd apt to throw their weight about. But as I looked at my secretary's legs with their powerful calves and slender ankles, and the way she walked with light, rhythmic steps and head held high, I suddenly wished that I were a good bit taller.' (from The Helsinki Affair). Mauri Sariola was born in Hattula. His father, Armas Sariola, was educated as a teacher, like several other members of the family. Later Sariola continued the tradition and worked as a teacher in the early 1950s. Mauri was the youngest of three children. His older brother Lauri died of drowning in 1935. Sariolan graduated from the Toijala upper secondary school in 1943. During the Continuation War, he served under General Ruben Lagus in Äänislinna as a radio officer and participated in the combats against the German Army in Lapland. In 1945 Sariola entered the University of Helsinki, where he studied law for some years. Before abandoning his studies, Sariola had several jobs. He worked at a law firm (1947-48), in a bank (1949-59), taught in elementary schools, and wrote for Apu and other magazines and the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. While in Kittlä in 1952 Sariola composed his first mystery novel, but burned the manuscript. After a brief stint in Helsinki, Sariola went to Pudasjärvi, where he worked as a teacher for nine months under forged papers, drinking occasionally on his free time. Sariola's pedagogical methods were original but he was loved by his pupils. Sariola returned in 1955 to Helsinki. Between the years 1956 and 1966 he was a crime reporter at Helsingin Sanomat, and then became a freelance writer. According to one of the several stories dealing with Sariola, the author had read M.M. Kaye's novel Kuolema kulki Kyproksella (Death Walks in Cyprus) and decided to show that he can write a better book. However, M.M. Kaye's works were translated into Finnish after Sariola's debut. His first book, Laukausten hinta (1956) Sariola while working on a road construction project. It was followed by Rotat pois laivasta! (1956). Sariola was called the successor of Vilho Helanen (1899-1952), who had made his breakthrough as a mystery writer a decade earlier. The book was filmed in 1959 under the title Kolmas laukaus. Part of the film was shot in Morocco. Ismo Kallio played the inspector Olavi Susikoski, perhaps the best known police character in Finnish literature after Mika Waltari's inspector Palmu. In the story Susikoski solves the murder of an agronomist. Totuus on armoton (1960), about two lawyers, was filmed in 1963, but did not gain much success. It was directed by Valentin Vaala, who had made 43 feature films and failed in his last effort. Susikoski virittää ansan (1970) was adapted into screen under the name Tuntematon ystävä (1978) by the director Lars G. Thelestam. Åke Lindman played Susikoski, and the Finnish Miss Universum 1975, Anne Pohtamo, had a small role as Susikoski's girl friend. A very prolific writer, Sariola occupied a central place in the Finnish mystery scene for decades. In 1966 he published five books. Two of them appeared under the pseudonym Esko Laukko, starting from Tohtori Viitasen tapaus. Several of his books Sariola wrote in Sammatti, where he had a summer house. Sariola used the pen name Esko Laukko in nine novels - some of them were better received than his own works. Especially Sen yli käy vain tuuli viheltäin (1969) was noted for its skillful plot. However, the story was a plagiarism from Bill S. Ballinger's classical The Tooth and the Nail (1955). After the pseudonym was revealed, Sariola claimed that Laukko was his wife Tuula Sariola. Mauri Sariola died in Helsinki on August 9, 1985. He wrote nearly 80 books, most of which were published by Gummerus. Some of them were put together from his serialized short stories. Sariola was a natural story-teller and a bohemian, who had a a taste for gambling, drinking and sending telegrams in the middle of the night. His style was fluid, plots fast-paced, but characters too often cursory sketched. Sariola published over 30 crime novels, several historical novels, war novels, non-fiction, short stories, television scripts, radio plays, memoirs, and translated works from such authors as Erle Stanley Gardner, Quentin Patrick and Ian Fleming. His books were translated into Swedish, French, Russia, German, English, Norwegian, and Estonian. As a mystery writer he carried further the Finnish detective story tradition of Outsider and Marton Taiga, but added to it international flavour and topicality. His best-known characters include Inspector Olavi Susikoski, the hero of more than 30 novels, and Matti Viima, a lawyer, the central character in five novels. In Pyykki on pantu ja pysyy (1965) Viima met Susikoski. Although Sariola had served in the army during the war, he never was especially interested in the subject like Niilo Lauttamus, but anyhow published some war novels. Aamu Heinjoen tiellä (1966) was based on true events. The protagonist is a young soldier, who destroys with his antitank gun ten tanks before dying. The soldier, Kauko Tuomala, was awarded posthumously the Mannerheim Cross for bravery. Sariola used a real life model for the character, as in Kolmannen valtakunnan kuningatar (1972), which told of Hitler's chauffeur, Erich Kempka. Sariola had read Kempka's book, Ich habe Adolf Hitler verbrantt, and also met him in Freiburg. When critics have considered Aamu Heinjoen tiellä one of Sariola's best war novels, the latter arose much controversy, because it gave somewhat positive picture of Hitler and Eva Braun, the dictator's longtime mistress. The critic Pekka Tarkka wrote that the book openly admires a person, who is seen as the embodiment of destructive lust for power, irrational racial theories, and mad violence. In 1971 Veikko Huovinen had published a satirical novel about mass hysteria, dictators, and Hitler, entitled Veitikka. He was afraid that his novel would be considered a similar kind of questionable entertainment than Sariola's work. Sariola also wrote three novels about soldiers, who were rewarded the Mannerheim Cross for excellent heroism. The trilogy Talvisodan vänrikki (1979), Jatkosodan kapteeni (1980), and Jälleenrakennettu maa (1981) covered the Winter War (1939-40), the Continuation War (1941-44) and post-war period of reconstruction. Armeija piikkilankojen takana dealt with Finnish prisoners of war. Sariola did not gain the acceptance of the cultural elite, who considered his works unfashionably conservative and carelessly composed. However, Sariola had a good eye for details. His observations about clothes, furnishings, restaurants, drinks, food, and on the other had sexual morals give a vivid picture of the Finnish way of life from the 1950s to mid-1980s. According to some sources, Sariola's Isänmaan parturit (1958), a story about political horse trades, angered President Urho Kekkonen, and the author had to wait in the reserve for his promotion to lieutenant for a long time. Eventually Sariola got his long awaited promotion after Mauno Koivosto was elected president of Finland in 1982 - during the Continuation War Koivisto had served under Lauri Törni (later Larry Thorne) in the Törni Detachment. From 1970 Sariola was married to Tuula Sariola (original surname Korpela). From his first marriage to Anja Karjalainen Sariola had three children. Under Tuula Sariola's name, the Susikoski series was continued in Susikosken paluu (1992), Susikoski Orilammella (1994) etc. The love novel Ampiaispesä (1997) depicted her relationship with the author, who was noted for his patriotism, bohemian lifestyle, and generosity. In Juni 2006 it was revealed that all of Tuula Sariola's 16 books were ghost written by her friend, the journalist Ritva Sarkola.

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Håkan Nesser was awarded the 1993 Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize for new authors for Mind's Eye (published in Sweden as Det Grovmaskiga Nätet); he received the best novel award in 1994 FOR BORKMANN'S POINT and in 1996 for WOMAN WITH BIRTHMARK. In 1999 he was awarded the Crime Writers of Scandinavia's Glass Key Award for the best crime novel of the year for Carambole. Nesser lives in Sweden and London.

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Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen (born August 2, 1950) is a Danish writer of crime fiction, as well as a publisher, editor and entrepreneur. Jussi Adler-Olsen made his debut as a non-fiction writer in 1984, and as a fiction writer in 1997. Born in Copenhagen, he was the youngest of four children and the only boy. Son of the successful sexologist and psychiatrist Henry Olsen, he spent his childhood with his family in doctors' official residences at several mental hospitals across Denmark. In his late teens, he played in a couple of pop groups as lead guitarist. He graduated from high school in Rødovre (1970), and studied medicine, sociology (passed History of Modern Politics) and film making (exam.art.) until 1978. After a manager career, he began to write full-time in 1995. Adler-Olsen's novels have been sold in more than 40 languages. Outside of Denmark he has enjoyed particular success in Norway, Germany and the Netherlands being a frequent visitor on the top of the bestseller lists e.g. on the New York Times Paperback bestseller list. Adler-Olsen's books have been on the bestseller lists in numerous other countries including Austria, Iceland, France, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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