Malene Sølvsten made her debut in Denmark in 2016 with the first volume of the fantasy trilogy Whisper of the Ravens and was nominated for the Readers' Book Prize in the same year. The series quickly became a surprise success and bestseller in Denmark, for which the author received the Edvard Prisen, awarded annually by the Danish Library Association, in 2018. An economist by training, she lives with her family in Copenhagen, where she now works as a full-time author.