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  Norwegian Crime Fiction

Christensen, Lars Saaybe

Books
The Joker (Jokeren) Norway 1981; US 1991
     Translated by Stephen Michael Nordby

Dahl, K.O.  (Kjell Ola)
     website (in Norwegian)
     website (in English)

Books
The Man in the Window (Mannen i vinduet) Norway 2001; UK 2008
     Translated by Don Bartlett
      Eurocrime
      Scandinavianbooks
The Fourth Man (Fjerde raneren) Norway 2005; UK 2008; US 2008
     Translated by Don Bartlett 
      Eurocrime  
     
Scandinavianbooks
The Last Fix (En liten gyllen ring) Norway 2000; UK 2009
     Translated by Don Bartlett
     Interntaional Noir Fiction
     Scandinavian Books

Fossum, Karin 
Born 6 November, 1954 in Sandefjord, Fossum now lives in Oslo. Her Inspector Sejer series has been translated into many foreign languages. She won the Glass Key and Riverton prizes for Don't Look Back.

Books
Don't Look Back  (Se deg ikke tilbake!) Norway 1996; UK 2003; US 2002
     translated by Felicity David
     New York Times
     Scandinavian Books
He Who Fears the Wolf (Som frykter ulven) Norway 1997; UK 2003; US 2005
     translated by Felicity David
     Eurocrime
     New York Times
When the Devil Holds the Candle (Djevelen holder lyset) Norway 1998; UK 2004; US 2006
     translated by Felicity David
     Eurocrime      
     
New York Times
     Reviewing the Evidence
The Indian Bride / apa Calling Out for You (Elskede Poona) Norway 2000; UK 2005; US 2007
     translated by Charlotte Barslund
     Eurocrime
     Reviewing the Evidence
Black Seconds (Svarte sekunder) Norway 2002; UK ; US 2007
     New York Times
     
Reviewing the Evidence
     Reviewing the Evidence (2)
     Washington Post
Broken (Brudd) Norway 2006; UK 2008
     Translated by Charlotte Barslund
     Eurocrime
     It's Criminal
The Water's Edge (Den som elsker noe annet) Norway 2007; UK 2009; US 2009
     Translated by Charlotte Barslund
     Eurocrime
     International Noir Fiction

Grytten, Frode
Born in 1960, Grytten is a journalist and author of poetry as well as novels, many of them set in his birthplace, Odda.

Books
The Shadow in the River (Flytande bjørn) Norway 2005; UK 2007
     translated by Robert Ferguson
     Eurocrime
     Heatseeker Reviews

Holt, Anne
Born 16 November 1958 in Larvik, Holt earned a law degree and worked as an anchorwoman for a television news program. She now lives in Oslo. 

Books
What is Mine / apa Punishment (Det som er mitt) Norway 2001; UK 2006US 2006
     translated by Kari Dickson
     Eurocrime
     Eurocrime (2)
     Kittlingbooks
What Never Happens / apa The Final Murder (Det som aldri skjer) Norway 2004; UK 2007; US 2008
     translated  by Kari Dickson
     Eurocrime
     Eurocrime (2)
     Scandinavianbooks
Death in Oslo - forthcoming
     DJ's Krimiblog

Nesbø, Jo
Born 29 March 1960, Nesbø was a football player and musician before turning to fiction. His series featuring Oslo detective Harry Hole (pronounced herler) is being translated into English out of order; The Redbreast is the third in the series; Nemesis is the fourth, and The Devil's Star is the fifth. He has won both the Glass Key and Riverton prizes and has been shortlisted for the CWA Duncan Lawrie International Dagger.
     website

Books
The Devil's Star (Marekors) Norwegian 2003; UK 2005
     translated by Don Bartlett
     Eurocrime
     Eurocrime (2)
The Redbreast (Rødstrupe) Norwegian 2000; UK 2006; US 2006
     translated by Don Bartlett
     Eurocrime
     Eurocrime (2)
Nemesis (Sorgenfri) Norwegian 2002; UK 2008; US 2009
     translated by Don Bartlett
     Bookreporter
     Eurocrime
     Reviewing the Evidence
The Redeemer (Frelseren) Norwegian 2005; UK 2009
     translated by Don Bartlett
     Eurocrime
     The Independent
     Petrona
     The Times

Rygg, Pernille
Author of a series set in Oslo with the female protagonist, Igi Heitmann.

Books
The Buttefly Effect (Sommerfugleffekten) Norwegian 1995; UK 1997
     translated by Joan Tate  
     Eurocrime
The Golden Section (Det Gyldne snitt) Norwegian 2000; UK 2003
     translated by Don Bartlett
     International Noir Fiction

Scheen, Kjersti
Author of a series featuring Margaret Moss, a Norwegian PI.
     website
     interview

Books
Final Curtain Norwegian ; UK 2002
     translated
by Louis Muinzer
     Scandinavian Books

Staalesen, Gunnar
Born in Bergen in 1947, Staalesen started writing a series about Bergen PI Varg Veum in 1977.
     bibliography

Books
At Night All Wolves are Grey (I mørket er alle ulver grå) Norway 1983; UK 1986
     translated by David McDuff
Yours Until Death (Din til dØden) Norway 1979; UK 1993
     translated by Margaret Amassian
The Writing on the Wall (Skriften på veggen) Norwegian 1995; UK 2002; US 2009
     Eurocrime
     Scandinavian Books
The Consorts of Death (Dødens drabanter) Norway 2006; UK 2009
     Translated by Don Bartlett
     The Independent
 


  
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07/25/2008