I was considering making my character Anders Pedersen Strøm gay. And then – just like when I was deciding on a lady detective or not and the world went bonkers about a female 007 – there was a mighty palaver about LGBTQ+ as well, and … Read moreIs he or isn’t he… and would it have mattered?
Sometimes facts and fiction meet up in unexpected ways. I was invited to talk about my books and research in Nysted close to where I live, and, of course, mentioned Hakon Jørgensen, one of the most important people in the history of the police in … Read moreHe’s my grandad
Now, the stories about Anna and Christian haven’t yet reached December, but I will still allow myself to speculate a bit about Christmas gifts, inspired by ‘Where to Meet Christmas 1906’, which is ,admittedly, a few years older, but the shops still exist in 1910. … Read moreChristmas gifts – the challenge of the year – even to Anna and Christinan
Even fictional characters make fashion choices, and you are careful to make the right ones for them. I have a leading lady who is young, strong, eancipated, with a science education, working as a journalist and with a practical approach to fashion. My leading man, … Read moreTrilby, Fedora and Cape Coat
AI can’t get hold of everything because an awful lot of stuff is not online, and it doesn’t all make easy reading. Not even to the human eye. I write my stories about Lendorph & la Cour based on reality – a lot of it … Read moreOutside AI