Craig Russell (British author)
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Craig Russell is a British-born novelist and short story writer. His Hamburg
-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel
has been translated into 23 languages. Russell speaks fluent German and has a special interest in post-war German history. His books, particularly the Fabel series, tend to include historical or mythological themes.
In February 2007, Russell was awarded the Polizeistern (Police Star) by the Hamburg Police
, the only non-German ever to have received this accolade. In June 2007, Russell was shortlisted for the £20,000 CWA
Duncan Lawrie Gold Dagger
, the world's largest literary prize for crime fiction. He was the winner of the 2008 CWA Dagger in the Library
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Blood Eagle
Brother Grimm
Eternal
The Carnival Master
The Valkyrie Song
A Fear of Dark Water
Lennox
Lennox
The Long Glasgow Kiss
The Deep Dark Sleep
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel
Jan Fabel
Jan Fabel is a fictional contemporary German detective created by Craig Russell. Fabel, whose rank is that of Erster Kriminalhauptkommissar , is the fictitious head of the Mordkommission of the Polizei Hamburg . Fabel is half-Scottish, half-German and trained as a historian before becoming a...
has been translated into 23 languages. Russell speaks fluent German and has a special interest in post-war German history. His books, particularly the Fabel series, tend to include historical or mythological themes.
In February 2007, Russell was awarded the Polizeistern (Police Star) by the Hamburg Police
Hamburg Police
The Hamburg Police is the German Landespolizei force for the city-state of Hamburg. Law enforcement in Germany is divided between federal and state agencies...
, the only non-German ever to have received this accolade. In June 2007, Russell was shortlisted for the £20,000 CWA
Crime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
Duncan Lawrie Gold Dagger
Gold Dagger
The Gold Dagger Award was an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.For its first five years, the organization's top honor was known as the Crossed Red Herring Award....
, the world's largest literary prize for crime fiction. He was the winner of the 2008 CWA Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library
The Dagger in the Library is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to a particular author. The award is given to a "living author who has given the most pleasure to readers". Yearly shortlists are drawn up from submissions by libraries across United Kingdom, and the final...
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Novels
Jan FabelBlood Eagle
Brother Grimm
Eternal
The Carnival Master
The Valkyrie Song
A Fear of Dark Water
Lennox
Lennox
The Long Glasgow Kiss
The Deep Dark Sleep