Peter Hoeg is a respected Danish author and well-known throughout the world. His acclaimed novels have been translated into many languages. His works include "Smilla's Sense of Snow" (which brought him the 1992 Glass Key Award from the Crime Writers of Scandinavia), "Borderliners", "The Woman and the Ape", and "The History of Danish Dreams". In his early years he was a sailor, actor, athlete, ballet dancer, and in 1996 he initiated a foundation for the support of women and children in third world countries.