The Hanging

Lotte Hammer (born 1955) finished her training as a nurse in 1977. She has since worked and lived many places, such as Greece, Germany, the North Sea’s oil rigs and the American air force bases in Greenland. From 1995 to 2010 she was head of the Public Eldercare in Halsnaes, Denmark. From 2006 to 2010 she was actively involved in local politics and has been writing full time since 2010.

Søren Hammer (born 1952) holds a teaching degree, but has primarily been working as a programmer and a lecturer at Copenhagen University College of Engineering. Like his sister Søren is also politically active and has been writing full time since 2010.

The crime writing siblings, Lotte Hammer and Søren Hammer published their first novel Svinehunde (The Beast Within) in March 2010.