Elsebeth Egholm

Elsebeth Egholm (born September 17, 1960 in Nyborg , Denmark ) is a Danish journalist and writer . She is best known as the author of six crime novels about the journalist Dicte Svendsen, filmed as a television series under the title Dicte .

Growing up in Lisbjerg in Aarhus Municipality , she studied musicology in Aarhus . From 1989 she worked as an editor for the daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende , from 1992 as a freelance journalist and columnist. Her first novel was published in Denmark in 1999.

Egholm was married to the British writer AJ Quinnell (1940-2005). She lives in Aarhus and Gozo .

Works (in German)

• The lovebirds' club . Novel. Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-44887-5
• The garden pavilion . Novel. Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-73027-9
• The dead boy . A case for Dicte Svendsen. Novel. btb, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-73206-9
• The next victim . A case for Dicte Svendsen. Novel. btb, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-73373-1
• Blood toll . A case for Dicte Svendsen. Novel. Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-73624-9
• Deadly burden . A case for Dicte Svendsen. Novel. Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-73704-8
• The collector of people . Dicte Svendsen is investigating. Detective novel. Structure, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-7466-2662-8
• Thirst for revenge . Dicte Svendsen is investigating. Detective novel. Structure, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-7466-2767-0
• Ice cold like the night . Thriller. Structure, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-7466-2900-1
• The night of the dead souls . Thriller. Structure, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-7466-3031-1

Web links

• Literature by and about Elsebeth Egholm in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of the author on krimi-couch.de