Solvej Balle (b. 1962) made her debut in 1986 with Lyrebird and went on to write one of the 1990s’ most acclaimed works of Danish literature, According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind (1993), which was published in more than ten countries. Following this, she moved from Copenhagen to the small island of Ærø, where she wrote a book on art theory, a political memoir and four works of microprose and founded the publishing house Pelagraf. Nearly thirty years later, the first book of a planned septology, On the Calculation of Volume, was self-published. Six books have been published in Danish so far, with translations underway in over 30 countries

Solvej Balle (b. 1962) made her debut in 1986 with Lyrebird and went on to write one of the 1990s’ most acclaimed works of Danish literature, According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind (1993), which was published in more than ten countries. Following this, she moved from Copenhagen to the small island of Ærø, where she wrote a book on art theory, a political memoir and four works of microprose and founded the publishing house Pelagraf. Nearly thirty years later, the first book of a planned septology, On the Calculation of Volume, was self-published. Six books have been published in Danish so far, with translations underway in over 30 countries