- Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø (born
29 March 1960 ) is a Norwegian bestsellingauthor and formerly a popmusician .He was born in
Oslo and grew up inMolde . In his younger days he played football forMolde FK . Nesbø has primarily written crime novels, but also songlyrics for the pop bandDi Derre (in which he is thevocalist ) and a play.He has been awarded the Norwegian
Rivertonprisen and the ScandinavianGlasnöklen (Glass Key award ) for his crime novels, and his works have been translated into Swedish, Finnish, Danish, German, Dutch, Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, English, French , and Czech In 2007The Redbreast , as translated by Don Bartlett, was shortlisted for the CWADuncan Lawrie International Dagger for crime novels in translation.List of Works
*1997 – "Flaggermusmannen"; English translation: "The Bat Man"
*1998 – "Kakerlakkene"; English translation: "The Cockroaches"
*1999 – "Stemmer fra Balkan /Atten dager i mai " (withEspen Søbye , documentary)
*2000 – "Rødstrupe"; English translation: "The Redbreast " (2006)
*2001 – "Karusellmusikk " (short stories)
*2002 – "Sorgenfri"; English translation: "Nemesis" (2008)
*2003 – "Marekors"; English translation: "The Devil's Star " (2005)
*2005 – "Frelseren"; English translation: "The Redeemer"
*2007 – "Snømannen"; English translation: "The Snowman"
*2008 – "Hodejegerne"; English translation: "The Headhunters"
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