Edvard Hoem is the author of Haymaker in Heaven. He has been one of Norway's leading literary writers since his breakthrough with the Critics' Prize-winning novel The Ferry Crossing in 1974. < p/> Tara Chace is the translator of Haymaker in Heaven Her translations from the Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish include work by Jo Nesbø , Per Nilsson, Lene Kaaberbø l, and Agnete Friis. She lives in Seattle.