The Cold Song (33 page)

LINN ULLMANN
is an award-winning author, journalist, and literary critic. Her four novels have been published in more than fifteen languages, all of them critically acclaimed international best sellers:
Before You Sleep, Stella Descending, Grace
, and
A Blessed Child
. She lives in Oslo with her husband and children.

BARBARA J. HAVELAND
is a translator of fiction, poetry, and drama by leading Danish and Norwegian writers such as Peter Høeg, Jens Christian Grøndahl, Pia Juul, Morten Søndergaard, Øystein Lønn, Jan Kjærstad, and Merete Morken Andersen. She lives in Denmark.