Merete Junker

Merete Junker (born 1959) made her debut in 2008 with The Girl with the Balloon, which won her the award for best debut crime writer at Kongsberg Krim. Redebyggeren is her seventh crime novel; most of her crime novels follow journalist Mette Minde in the Grenland region. Venuspassasjen (2014) was nominated for the Riverton Prize.