Sissel-Jo Gazan is a biology graduate from the University of Copenhagen. The Dinosaur Feather was her breakthrough novel and was named the Danish Novel of the Decade. The second book in the Soren Marhauge investigations is The Arc of the Swallow. Gazan lives in Berlin.
"The Dinosaur Feather is the weirdest and most ingenious new
mystery I've read in years . . . It will be obvious to readers why
Gazan's novel would be the leader of almost any pack. Moody and
intricate, The Dinosaur Feather is every bit as unforgettable as
its creepy title."--Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
"Formidable and satisfying . . . in the author's menacing world,
sins of emotional cowardice and betrayal can be just as awful as
offenses against the criminal code."--Tom Nolan, The Wall Street
Journal (selected as a top-ten mystery of the year)
"Gazan has mastered the arts of suspense and
revelation."--Kristeligt Dagblad
"Gazan's brainy thriller . . . orchestrates the suspenseful action
and overlapping lives of her complex characters with deceptive ease
. . . [A] moving exploration of such broader themes as parenthood,
love, and the potentially poisonous results of living with
lies."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Gazan's novel has by far outdone--not to say outshone--all other
crime novels published this year."--Anette Dina Sorensen,
Politiken
"Imaginative . . . a book with an independent, capable female lead,
and one in which scientific research is central."--Maxine Clark,
Eurocrime
"Intelligently plotted and psychologically believable. "--Marcel
Berlins, The Times
"My best mystery of the year turns out to be yet another stunner
from Scandinavia. I could be wrong (but I don't think I am) when I
say that Gazan disposes of a murder victim here by an infernal
means that no other mystery writer--not even the resourceful Dame
Agatha--ever concocted."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR
"Simply first-class."--Jyllands-Posten
"Skulls, feathers, claws, and winged flight--all are part of an
ongoing scientific controversy about the evolution of birds that
winds through the pages of Danish author S.J. Gazan's absorbing
debut thriller."--Barbra Clark, BookPage
"The asides--the dissemination of DNA, the structure of dinosaur
skulls--prove as intriguing as the central mystery. A top-flight
thriller that's poisonous, smart, and outrageously
entertaining."--Christopher Fowler, Financial Times
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