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We are thrilled to welcome Lea Korsgaard to the agency!

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY thrilled to welcome journalist, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Zetland, Lea Korsgaard, to the agency!

BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT is her sensational breakthrough as an author: What happens when you decide to find all of Denmark’s butterflies in one season? A personal quest to see all native butterfly species within a single year—despite knowing nothing about them. On the first dark day of the year, she writes a list. It leads her into landscapes shaped by time and sea, and to quiet encounters with both dedicated lepidopterists and hobbyists who share their hidden corners of the world with her. Simultaneously, Lea’s quest becomes a philosophical inquiry—into myth, metamorphosis, and the human longing for meaning.

ON THE BESTSELLERLISTS in Denmark and fabulously reviewed in all major newspapers in Denmark, Before the Year Is Out is a beautifully written and immensely thoughtful book about moving through the world with open senses and passionate longing—attuning yourself to the subtleties of existence, the quiet transformations that unfold beyond our field of vision, and the profound changes that take shape while we’re looking elsewhere.

IN THE DARKNESS of winter on the first day of the year, Lea Korsgaard is making a list. She has set out to see all Danish butterfly species in a single year. She knows nothing about butterflies. She doesn’t know why she wants to see them. She just knows that something is calling her. It’s like a pull. THE LIST OF butterflies takes her to landscapes she never knew existed, shaped by the wind and by the sea. She walks on ancient seabeds and hills made of algae shells. She is led to secret places by people who offer their help. The quest also leads into the world of books, philosophy and mythology. Because ever since humans started thinking about the meaning of life and death, the butterfly has symbolized the hope of rebirth—and confronted us with the biggest questions of existence: Why do we live? And what are we living for?