Stig Dalager is one of the leading lights of contemporary Danish literature, the author of 51 works of fiction, comprising novels, plays for the theatre, radio, and TV, film scripts, volumes of poetry, and belles-lettres. He is also the editor of a leading cultural magazine. His novel, Journey in Blue, was nominated for the Impac Prize 2008, and his docu-drama, Two Days in July, proved a major literary triumph in both Denmark and Germany as well as in Britain when it appeared in 2008. Dalager's books have been published in 24 countries, appearing in 11 different languages. "With his novels and plays Dalager has accrued a distinguished reputation in Europe" - Michael Faber, The Guardian. Land of Shadows is a powerful book about the 9/11 catastrophe, but the significance of its great strength lies in the author's balance and objectivity in appreciating many conflicting but valid points of view.