The Petrona Award are pleased to announce that 28 of the 29 titles that were eligible for the 2021 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year have been entered by the publishers.
The winner of the Award will be announced online later this year.
The rules for eligibility are:
The submission must be in translation and published in English in the UK during the preceding calendar year ie 1 January – 31 December 2020.
The author of the submission must either be born in Scandinavia* or the submission must be set in Scandinavia*.
The submission must have been published in its original language after 1999.
(E-books that meet the above criteria may be considered at the judges’ discretion (does not include self-published titles))
*in this instance taken to be Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
More details about the award and the history behind it can be found on the Petrona Award website. The winner of the 2020 Award was Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen, translated from the Finnish by Anne David Hackson and published by Orenda Books.
The award is sponsored by David Hicks.
Entries
[10 titles are by Female authors, 17 by Male and 1 title is by a M & F pairing. There are 17 translators (10 Female (17 titles) and 7 Male (11 titles)) and 6 countries are represented (9 Sweden, 8 Norway, 6 Iceland, 3 Denmark, 1 Finland, 1 Germany).]
They have tagged these titles on Goodreads.
Jussi Adler-Olsen - Victim 2117 tr. William Frost (M, Denmark) Quercus
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - The Creak on the Stairs tr. Victoria Cribb (F, Iceland) Orenda Books
Stefan Ahnhem -X Ways to Die tr.Agnes Broomé (M, Sweden) Head of Zeus
Fredrik Backman - Anxious People tr. Neil Smith (M, Sweden) Michael Joseph
Heine Bakkeid - Scatter Her Ashes tr. Anne Bruce (M, Norway) Raven Books
Lina Bengtsdotter - For the Dead tr. Agnes Broomé (F, Sweden) Orion
Kjell Ola Dahl - Sister tr. Don Bartlett (M, Norway) Orenda Books
Katrine Engberg -The Tenant tr.Tara Chace (F, Denmark) Hodder Paperbacks
Thomas Enger & Jorn Lier Horst - Death Deserved tr Anne Bruce (M,Norway) Orenda Books
Anne Holt - A Necessary Death tr. Anne Bruce (F, Norway) Corvus
Jorn Lier Horst - The Inner Darkness tr. Anne Bruce (M, Norway) Michael Joseph
Ragnar Jonasson - Winterkill tr. David Warriner (M, Iceland) Orenda Books
Ragnar Jonasson -The Mist tr. Victoria Cribb (M, Iceland) Michael Joseph
Lars Kepler -Lazarus tr. Neil Smith (M&F, Sweden) HarperCollins
Camilla Lackberg - The Gilded Cage tr. Neil Smith (F, Sweden) HarperCollins
Jo Nesbo -The Kingdom tr. Robert Ferguson (M, Norway) Harvill Secker
Hakan Nesser - The Secret Life of Mr Roos tr. Sarah Death (M, Sweden) Mantle
Mikael Niemi -To Cook a Bear tr.Deborah Bragan-Turner (M, Sweden) MacLehose Press
Sólveig Pálsdóttir -The Fox tr. Quentin Bates (F, Iceland) Corylus Books Ltd
Agnes Ravatn - The Seven Doors tr.Rosie Hedger (F, Norway) Orenda Books
Max Seeck - The Witch Hunter tr. Kristian London (M, Finland) Welbeck
Lilja Sigurdardottir - Betrayal tr. Quentin Bates (F, Iceland) Orenda Books
Yrsa Sigurdardottir - Gallows Rock tr.Victoria Cribb (F, Iceland) Hodder & Stoughton
Gunnar Staalesen -Fallen Angels tr. Don Bartlett (M, Norway) Orenda Books
Jesper Stein - Die For Me tr. Charlotte Barslund (M, Denmark) Mirror Books
Viveca Sten - In the Name of Truth tr.Marlaine Delargy (F, Sweden) AmazonCrossing
Mats Strandberg - The Home tr. Agnes Broomé (M, Sweden) Jo Fletcher Books
Christer Tholin - Guilty? tr. Christina Lagaris (M, Germany) Christer Tholin
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[Not Entered – Helene Tursten - Snowdrift tr.Marlaine Delargy (F, Sweden) Soho Press]
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