Peter Høeg, born in 1957 in Denmark, pursued various interests—dancer, actor, sailor, fencer, and mountaineer—before turning seriously to writing. His work has been published in 33 countries. His novels include the bestselling The Quiet Girl and Borderliners, and the award-winning Smilla’s Sense of Snow. “Høeg writes prose that is both changeable and as deep-fathomed as poetry...[It] demands to be read aloud and savored.”—The New Yorker on Smilla’s Sense of Snow