New Author: Samuel Bjørk

We are proud to welcome Samuel Bjørk to Paloma Agency.

Samuel Bjørk (1969) is the pen name of Norwegian novelist, playwright and singer/songwriter Frode Sander Øien. Bjørk’s Mia and Munch series is an international success story that has gained high critical acclaim and continues to captivate readers all over the world.

Øien wrote his first stage play at the age of twenty-one and then went on to write two highly acclaimed literary novels, Pepsi Love (2001) and Speed for Breakfast (2009). The self-taught, media-shy artist has also released eight albums, written five plays, showed contemporary art pieces in various galleries and translated Shakespeare.

The first installment of the Mia and Munch series, I’m Traveling Alone, was published under his pen name in Norway in 2013. It was nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers’ Award and became an instant international bestseller, reaching #1 on German newspaper Der Spiegel’s Bestseller List. Since then, four more novels about Mia Krüger and Holger Munch have been published. Samuel Bjørk has been compared to the likes of both Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbø, and has proved himself as a force to be reckoned with in the crime genre. His beloved novels have been published in 35 territories around the world.

The long-awaited sixth installment of the Mia and Munch series, The Bomber, is slated for release in June 2025.