Niels Lillelund

Niels Lillelund (born 1965) is a Danish writer, cultural journalist,^[1] op-ed columnist and restaurant critic^[2] at Jyllands-Posten.

He is the author of several books, among those a series of crime novels about the antiquarian book dealer and ex-policeman Erik Andersen, who is forced to supplement his income as a private detective.

The novels introduce very different environments and people.

The first novel, Rouletten, takes place in and around a new casino, the first in Denmark. Lillelund worked there for some months before writing his novel.^[3]

The second, Besat til anden side, is about a management consultant firm, while the third novel, Den Amerikanske Samler (The American Collector) takes us to New York in a hunt for a rare copy of Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or.^[4] These were followed by Manden der ville vaere sund, in which the narrator tries many different methods of improving his health.^[5]

The latest novel, Bibendum, takes place among wine writers and producers,^[6] a world well known to Lillelund, who has a weekly column about wine.

Lillelund holds an MA degree in Nordic literature and his non-fiction works include a book about the cultural history of poker, Gotham City - Fortællinger fra New York (Gotham City - Tales from New York), a book about the city of New York,^[7] and Rhône vinene (Rhône wines), a book about the wines of the Rhône Valley.^[8]

• Kvindedrømmer, 1999
• Rouletten, 1999
• Besat til anden side, 2000
• Den amerikanske samler, 2001
• Manden der ville være sund: stræbsomme fortællinger, 2001
• Alt lykkes i en gasovn: en bog om at lave mad, 2002
• Rhône vinene, 2004
• Bibendum, 2007
• Mr. Time Manager: Claus Møller og hans tid, 2008
• Poker: historien om et kortspil, 2008
• Gotham City: fortællinger fra New York, 2010
• Vinene fra Rhône, 2013