Elsebeth Egholm

Elsebeth Egholm (born 17 September 1960) is a Danish journalist and best-selling author who writes mainly crime fiction novels. She is known internationally as the creator of the television series Those Who Kill.

Early life Born in Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen, she grew up in Lisbjerg near Aarhus, where her parents had a garden centre. After schooling in Aarhus, she matriculated from the state gymnasium in Hasle. She went on to study piano at the Music Conservatory of Jutland, where she remained for four years before switching to journalism at the Danish School of Journalism (Journalisthøjskolen) in 1985.

Career After an apprenticeship with Berlingske Tidende in Copenhagen, she worked as a background reporter for the newspaper until 1992, when she quit and moved to Malta. There she worked both as a freelance journalist and as a short story writer for women's magazines such as Alt for Damerne.

Television The 10-episode television series Those Who Kill (2012), first broadcast in Denmark as Dem som dræber (2011), tells how police detective Katrina Ries Jensen investigates several gruesome murders with strange psychological overtones.

Dicte, a series based on several of Egholm's books, was first broadcast in Denmark in 2013.