Jo Nesbø: Quick Facts

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Born

March 29, 1960 (age 66) • Oslo • Norway

Notable Works

“Blood on Snow” • “Det hvite hoteller” • “Headhunters” • “Karusellmusikk” • “Knife” • “Midnight Sun” • “Nemesis” • “Phantom” • “Police” • “Stemmer fra Balkan” • “Bat, The” • “The Cockroaches” • “The Devil’s Star” • “The Kingdom” • “The Leopard” • “The Night House” • “The Redbreast” • “The Redeemer” • “The Snowman” • “The Son” • “The Thirst” • “Wolf Hour”

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Kjartan Fløgstad

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Hans E. Kinck.

Hans E. Kinck

Norwegian writer

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Master of the macabre

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer

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Stephen King

American novelist

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

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Joyce Carol Oates

American author

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond

Indian author

Harlan Ellison.

Harlan Ellison

American author

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

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G.K. Chesterton

British author

Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto

Japanese writer

A.S. Byatt

A.S. Byatt

British scholar, literary critic, and novelist

Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

American author

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Katherine Anne Porter

American author

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