The following books are, or will be, available in translations and other overseas editions:
Red Bones
Even before UK publication of Red Bones, the third volume of her Shetland quartet, Ann Cleeves reports that her German publishers will bring out a translation whose proposed titles is 'In the Cold Light of Spring'.
White Nights
- Latest: Romanian edition forthcoming from Tritonic.
- Polish edition forthcoming from Amber Publishing.
- Der Längste Tag (published by Rowohlt) entered the German best-seller list at nº 43
- The Swedish edition, Vita Nätter (translated by Jan Järnebrand) published by Bonniers on 17th June 2008
- Norwegian edition forthcoming from Vigmostad Bjorke.
- Danish edition forthcoming from Forlaget Cicero.
- Karisto Oy will publish the Finnish edition Valoisat Illat (translated by Annukka Kolehmainen) in autumn 2008.
Hidden Depths
- Bai Jia Press, based in Shanghai, will publish Hidden Depths in China and Taiwan
- Polish edition forthcoming from Zielona.
- Des Véritées Cachées, the French translation, was published by Editions Belfond in May 2008 under their Belfond Noir imprint, with a mass-market paperback edition from Editions Pocket to follow.
Ann Cleeves serait "la nouvelle grande dame du polar British", selon le bulletin de soir de France3, qui "attend avec impatience la prochaine enquête de Vera."
Raven Black
- Latest: Romanian edition forthcoming from Tritonic.
- Polish edition forthcoming from Amber Publishing.
- The US edition of Raven Black is published by St Martin's Minotaur Press.
- The Norwegian edition Svart som ravnen is published by Vigmostad Bjorke (translator Toril Hanssen).
- It has been reviewed by Aftenposten, which said: "Sluttløsningen er et mesterstykke, en virtuos utklekning av det uventede og utrolige, men akk så logisk, så følgeriktig.".
- Dagbladet said "Dette er en kriminalroman i klassisk, britisk stil, meget godt gjennomført på alle plan."
- Ann was interviewed, in Shetland, by Hallgeir Opedal, for Dagbladet Magasinet (feature published in the 15.03.2008 issue). She told him how her husband's passion for ornithology caused her to write Raven Black (Svart som ravnen):
En Fulica americana var observert pa Shetland!
- Det er en amerikansk sothøne. Tim ble desperat etter å se den, selv om den egentlig er en veldig kjedelig fugl. Men siden han samler på fugler og har sett noe slikt som 450 forskjellige på De britiske øyer, ville han nå ha den amerikanske sothøna inn i samlingen, så ga jeg ham den i julegave.
- Hvordan da?
- Jeg ga ham en reise til Shetland. Vi hadde nesten ingen penger, og hadde bare råd til lugar en vei. Men vi kom oss om bord i ferja fra Aberdeen klokka seks en søndag kveld. Om morgenen kom vi fram. Dette var i januar og det var snø og bitende kaldt. Mens vi lette etter sothøna, så jeg to svarte ravner i den gnistrende hvite snøen. Og jeg tenkte: Hvis det hadde vært litt blod der nå, så kunne det blitt en god historie.
Les mer
- The Swedish translation, Svart som natten, is published by Bonniers (also available as an audio CD from Bonner Audio). It was shortlisted for the Martin Beck Award 2007 for best translated fiction.
- The Danish edition, Sort som ravnen, is published by Forlaget Cicero.
- It is published in Dutch (by A.W. Bruna as Ravenzwart.
- The Finnish edition is published by Karisto Oy as Musta kuin yö (translated by Annukka Kolehmainen).
- The Korean edition (translated by Lee Joo-hye; published by Younglim Cardinal) was very favourably reviewed in the Korean Times.
- The Japanese edition of Raven Black is published by Tokyo SogenSha.
- The Italian edition, from Newton Compton, is called La Maledizione del Corvo Nero.
- The German edition, Die Nacht der Raben, translated by Tanja Handels, was one of Rowohlt's featured titles for December 2007.
- Bai Jia Press, based in Shanghai, will publish Raven Black in China and Taiwan
- A French edition is forthcoming from Editions Belfond.
Telling Tales
Telling Tales is published in Dutch (by A.W. Bruna) as Onschuld. The French edition, Morts sur la Lande is forthcoming from Editions Belfond in November 2008.
The Crow Trap
The Crow Trap is published in Dutch (by A.W. Bruna as Lokvogel.
The Sleeping and the Dead
The Sleeping and the Dead is now available in a new US edition from Bloody Brits Press.
Burial of Ghosts
The Dutch rights to Burial of Ghosts have also been sold to Bruna.