Karin Fossum
Karin Fossum
Karin Fossumis a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime"...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionWriter
CountryNorway
coffee giving chocolate
Today everything must be easy and it mustn't take time ... ready meals. Powdered hot chocolate and instant coffee ... Living takes time. We need to give each other time.
blow years impact
I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow.
children believe despair
I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I would steal food if my children were hungry.
plot crime
I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else.
character hard-work tired
It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.
chance given mankind
Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.
writing cities community
I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.