Idar Lind

Lind was born on the island of Otterøya (now part of Namsos Municipality) in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He made his literary debut in 1983 with Stengte dører. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1989 for the crime novel 13 takters blues.^[1]

His crime novel Hotell Tordenskjold (1985) introduced the characters "Kristian António Steen", a hotel porter of Spanish descent, and police officer "Breheim", as detectives. The same detectives also solved crime problems in the sequels Ormens gift (1986) and 13 takters blues (1989).^[2] Further crime novels are Som to dråper blod (1993), Usynlige spor (1994), and Hysj (1996).^[1]

Lind published the song collection Bakfot bok in 1980.^[1][2] His plays include Korsvikaspillet (1995) and Skottet i Buvika (2008).^[1] The Drakeblod series (3 volumes 1988–1991) for young adults is set in the Viking Age.^[2]