Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen is a Danish crime fiction writer, a publisher, editor, and entrepreneur, best known for his Department Q series. He made his debut as a nonfiction writer in 1984, and as a fiction writer in 1997. From Wikipedia
The crime-drama series, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's novels, stars Matthew Goode and is set in Edinburgh, Scotland.