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agent : astrid@northernstories.no
Astrid Dalaker
Northern Stories

NORTHERN STORIES is an independent literary agency representing Nordic writers, with a fine mix of established profiles and promising authors.

Thomas Mala has spent the last decade at Forlaget Press, recently as Deputy Publisher, but he was also in charge of Sales, Marketing and Rights. He has also worked as Head of Sales at Lydbokforlaget.

Astrid Dalaker has extensive experience in publishing from leading the Sales and Marketing departments both at Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and Schibsted Forlag. Her last position was as the Director of Communication at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.


GENRES & SPECIALTIES
General fiction, Suspense/thriller, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Lifestyle, Cookbooks
MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
OCTOBER

ANDERS TOTLAND: A PRAYER FOR JACOB JUUL
Sold to Straarup & Co, Denmark

JOHN KÅRE RAAKE: THE DEEP
Sold to Latvijas Mediji, Latvia

SEPTEMBER

THOMAS REINERTSEN BERG: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Sold to Karpos, Serbia

JOHN KÅRE RAAKE: THE ICE
Sold to Fusosha, Japan

LINN SKÅBER: BEING GROWN UP
Sold to Wydawnictwo Literackie, Poland

AUGUST

LINE NAGELL YLVISÅKER: MY WORLD IS MELTING
Sold to TAA Pflaumbaum, Belarus

JULY

ANDERS RØYNEBERG: GREEN HOME
Sold to SAMPARK, India

THOMAS REINERTSEN BERG: THEATRE OF THE WORLD
Sold to SAMPARK, India

JUNE

THERESE TUNGEN: TURN AROUND
Sold to Kein & Aber, Switzerland

APRIL

JOHN KÅRE RAAKE: THE ICE
Sold to Piemme, Italy

LINN SKÅBER: BEING YOUNG
Sold to Strange Forest, Macedonia

MARCH

THOMAS REINERTSEN BERG: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Sold to Anetta Antonenko, Ukraine

FEBRUARY

ANNE ELVEDAL: THE GAME OF DEATH TRILOGY
Sold to ABC Forlag, Sweden

JOHN KÅRE RAAKE: THE ICE
Sold to Eksik Parca, Turkey

JANUARY

THOMAS REINERTSEN BERG: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Sold to Znak, Poland

ANNE ELVEDAL: RAAN (FILM RIGHTS)
Sold to Gifted Films, Germany

SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
Brazil/Portugal:
Villas-Boas & Moss

China/Taiwan/Malaysia/Indonesia/Vietnam and Thailand:
Big Apple Agency

Czech Republic/Slovakia/Slovenia:
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Prague

Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia/Ukraine:
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Baltic

France:
Nordik Literary Agency

Greece:
Ersilia Literary Agency

Hungary and Croatia:
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Budapest

Israel:
The Deborah Harris Agency

Italy:
Otago Literary Agency

Japan:
Japan UNI Agency Inc.

Poland:
Booklab

Russia, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Moldova, Albania, and the CIS-countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (territories):
Livia Stoia Literary Agency

South Korea:
Duran Kim Agency

Spain:
Casanova & Lynch

Turkey:
Kalem Agency

US/Canada:
2 Seas Literary Agency

KEY PERSONNEL
Astrid Dalaker: astrid@northernstories.no
Thomas Mala: thomas@northernstories.no
Olivia Lasky: olivia@northernstories.no