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Alexandria Bockfeldt Dahl (born 1982), known as Alex Dahl, is an American/Norwegian crime novelist who writes in the Nordic noir genre. Her works have been translated into twelve languages, and she was described by Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet in 2019 as a new star of Nordic noir literature. [1]

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Background

She was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and an American mother, and grew up in West End Oslo. She is a native speaker of both Norwegian and English. She studied Russian, German and international studies in Oslo and Moscow, before earning a creative writing degree from Bath Spa University and a management degree from the University of Bath. She lives in London. [1]

Work

Her first novel, Før jeg forlater deg (Before I Leave You), was published in Norwegian under the name Alexandra Bockfeldt in 2013. [2]

In 2018 her first English-language novel, The Boy at the Door, was published by Penguin Random House. The book was one of the most widely sold e-books in England at the time and was described by The Times as one of "the best crime fiction" books published in 2018. [3] It has been translated into ten languages. [4] [5] [6]

In 2019 she published the novel The Heart Keeper. [1] In 2020, Dahl published Playdate. [7]

Adaptations

Her 2020 novel Playdate entered production for a Disney+ television series The Stolen Girl , starring Holliday Grainger and Ambika Mod. [8] [9]

Bibliography

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References

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  2. Bjørhei, Elin Brend (2013). "Bokanmeldelse: Før jeg forlater deg, Alexandria Bockfeldt (book review)". Bra Bok/Bokelskerinnen.
  3. Robinson, Karen (5 August 2018). "The best crime fiction for your holiday: 10 top reads for the beach" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  4. "True Lies: Alex Dahl, in Her Own Words".
  5. "Alex Dahl - Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  6. "(+) Alex Dahl (36) skriver internasjonal thriller om Sandefjord: - Det skjer et voldsomt mord nede ved Kilen Brygge". www.sb.no. 7 July 2018.
  7. McHugh, Marian (27 June 2023). "Tanya Seghatchian, Nicola Shindler to produce 'Playdate' drama series for Disney+". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  8. Goldbart, Max (June 27, 2023). "'Playdate': Disney+ Greenlights Tense Thriller Series From 'The Power Of The Dog' & 'It's A Sin' Producers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. Turner, Laura Jane (22 January 2025). "New UK thriller from Baptiste writer reveals first look with One Day's Ambika Mod". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 January 2025.