Eva Fretheim

Eva Fretheim (b. 1967) lives in Moss and works as a journalist. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and previously published the novel Pink Cotton Candy. In 2022, she made her crime fiction debut with Queenland, for which she received the Maurits Hansen Award – New Blood. In the winter of 2024, the critically acclaimed sequel The Bird King was released, and The Paper Dolls, the third crime novel featuring police investigator Vigdis Malmstrøm in the lead role, came out in early 2025 to rave reviews.