Lene Kaaberbøl

[2] In 2009 Kaaberbøl with her co-author Agnete Friis was awarded the Harald Mogensen Prize by the Danish Criminal Academy (Det danske Kriminalakademi, DKA) for novel The boy in the suitcase.

[3] In 2018 her Wild Witch (Vildheks) book series (2011–2014) provided the basis for a Danish children's fantasy film of the same name.

Born in Copenhagen, Lene Kaaberbøl grew up in the small town of Malling, in the countryside south of Aarhus in Jutland.

Graduated from Aarhus Katedralskole and educated with a degree in both English and Dramaturgy from Aarhus University, she has worked as a high school teacher and a translator, but her working life has been very diverse and she also made a living as a cleaning lady at one time.

Having resided on Zealand, Kaaberbøl now lives in Sark, in the Channel Islands, close to France.