Kirkus Prize Finalist
Mildred L. Batchelder Honour Recipient

I’m a book nerd – do you know that empty feeling of finishing a book and wanting more? Well, that’s me.

I get engrossed and I usually have a few books ‘on the go’: something new, a classic – there’s a long list here – but I love The Forsyte Saga, The Woman in White and The Moonstone; something easy – this is for when my brain can’t take in new plot twists and turns, but I still want to read, so I usually turn to Agatha Christie or Sue Townsend; something historical – I’m a big fan of Pat Barker, James Clavell, Ken Follett and Jan Guillou; something fantasy – apart from the obvious – Tolkien – I love the worlds created by Eoin Colfer and Stephen King; something non-fiction – I love cooking, so I read a lot of food and cookbooks; something professional – at the moment that’s various books on creative writing. And, of course, something Danish – Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesen, Lone Vitus, Ane Riel, Maria Helleberg, Karen Blixen (I love Babette’s Feast), Anna Grue, Kathrine Assels, Zakiya Ajmi, Lene Kaaberbøl – and I have a list of books that I want to read that is growing daily.

On the practical side: I’m an academic (PhD) and archaeologist turned Danish to English translator, editor and tutor. I’m also secretary of the Association of Danish to English Literary Translators (DELT) and was SmokeLong Quarterly’s guest editor for Danish.

My areas of expertise include: archaeology, architecture, education, history, the humanities, lifestyle, literature, psychology and social sciences.

I’ve worked with academics and universities, galleries, authors and publishers, complementary therapists, museums and cultural institutions and TV and film production companies.