Mikkel Birkegaard (born 12 September 1968 in

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

) is a Danish author of

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. He lives in

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, Denmark.

Bibliography

* ' (2007; English translation by

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: '' The Library of Shadows'', 2009). Danish national

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. Seventeen foreign-language editions are in print or preparation. * '' Over mit lig'' (2009; English translation by Steven T. Murray: '' Over My Dead Body'', 2011) * ''La librairie des ombres'' in French, Edited by

References

Author's website

Amazon UK listing of ''The Library of Shadows''
Danish fantasy writers 1968 births Living people People from Randers {{Denmark-writer-stub