Arne Lindmo & Ida Skjelbakken (ill.)
TROLLHEIM - The Spider Queen

TROLLHEIM is a bestselling and award-winning book series for voracious readers aged 8-13. In Norway alone, the books have sold 70,000 copies. The author, ARNE LINDMO, has won two awards voted on by thousands of young readers, and the illustrator has received a prize for her illustrations from the Ministry of Culture. TROLLHEIM consistently ranks on Norway's bestseller lists. The story has universal appeal, can be enjoyed anywhere, and possesses excellent cinematic qualities

TROLLHEIM - THE SPIDER QUEEN is the fith book in the series and the blurb goes like this:

An intense police investigation is underway in Trollheim. Two children have disappeared without a trace, and rumors are circulating that there is a vampire in the village. In an attempt to sort things out, Adam, Tara, and Tobias head down to Helheim to find the children. There, a new monster has emerged: Arakhne, the spider queen! A ruthless creature who wishes to conquer and rule, but she is also lonely, constantly on the lookout for a girl who, with a little help, can become her perfect, eight-legged daughter!

If you want a sneak peak into the Norwegian edition to see the illustrations and the layout, click here.

I hope a movie will be made of this story, and I hope to play a part in it. Five stars to "The Spiders Queen" and all the other TROLLHEIM books from me. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

- Karoline, 12 years old

Every single word is exciting

Elida, 5th grade

I'm hooked, when is the next book coming!!?

Martin, 12 years

This book never gets boring!

− Astrid, 12 years

Guaranteed best book in the series! Someone has to make a movie!!! Hope Zira and Adam get together, Silje is not right for him. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

− Ulrik 12 years

I want this book to become a movie! Love that the author writes these books for us!❤️🙏

- Solveig 11

Arne Lindmo & Ida Skjelbakken (ill.)

Arne Lindmo & Ida Skjelbakken (ill.)
NORLA / Adrian Nielsen

Author ARNE LINDMO was born in Norway in 1981. He worked for 10 years as a middle-grade teacher before he made his debut as an author. While teaching, he would think up a beginning and an end for a story every day that he could tell the students if there was time during the school day - and there often was! The children loved Arne's stories! So, as you understand, he knows his readers well, and now that he is a well-established, bestselling, and award-winning author in Norway, he travels around the country still meeting middle-grade students who now love his books.

Illustrator IDA SKJELBAKKEN was born in Norway in 1979. Her illustrations in the TROLLHEIM series have been very important for the fantastic reception and enormous success the books have achieved in Norway. The children say that they love her style. They think it's cool, realistic, and mature. Not visually childish like many of the other books they read, they say.

Rights sold to

Denmark - Turbine forlag
Polen - Kropka
Russia - AST

Other titles

(1) TROLLHEIM
– Secret of Castle Crow
(2) TROLLHEIM
– Avenger from Helheim
– Underground Mission
(4) TROLLHEIM
- Vampires and demons

Stand alone Christmas title:
The Christmas Heist by Lindmo & Skjelbakken

Foreign rights

World Rights: Figenschou Publishing, please contact Anitra Figenschou, e-mail [email protected], phone 0047 92606318, Address: Tromsogata 21, 0565 Oslo, Norway.

Also represented by Rights & Brands in these language areas Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, German, Italian and English: [email protected]

Also represented by Motto Agency in Eastern Europe please contact Agata Radkiewicz, [email protected],
Mobile tel. +48 722 146 284,
www.mottorights.com

Awards

Best Children's Book of the Year 2022, ARKs barnebokpris (11 000 children in the jury) for TROLLHEIM – Secret of Castle Crow

Best Children's Book of the Year 2023, Norli Junior reading contest (30 000 children in the jury) for TROLLHEIM – Vampires and demons

Winner of the Ministry of Culture's
award for BEST ILLUSTRATIONS

Edited April 06, 2024 by Figenschou forlag