Stine Pilgaard (1984) is a graduate of the Danish Writers’ Academy and the University of Copenhagen. Her first novel, My Mother Says (2012), was a critical and commercial success. It earned her a nomination for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation Literature Prize and won the Debut Novel Prize from the Bodil and Jørgen Munch-Christensen Literature Fund. Songs for Special Occasions (2015) received the Danish Libraries’ Writers Award and a nomination for the Danish Readers’ Book Award. The Land of Short Sentences (2020) was her greatest commercial success to date, with more than 100,000 copies sold in Denmark and sales to 14 markets, and it received multiple awards, including the prestigious Golden Laurel for best novel of 2020. The film and theatre adaptations of the book have also enjoyed great success. Her newest novel, Wild Horses, came out in 2026 to rave reviews.
Happy publication day to Stine Pilgaard’s Wild Horses! The first Danish reviews are in, and critics are unanimously raving about Pilgaard’s humour, linguistic talent, and warmth.
Stine Pilgaard’s new novel, Wild Horses, is already enjoying success – even before coming out in Danish on September 10th! The book was sold in a pre-empt to Norway’s Kagge Forlag.
My Mother Says praised in France
MY MOTHER SAYS IN ENGLISH
Stine Pilgaard wins the Golden Laurels
