Photo: Krister Sørbø / NTB/TT (2016)
Sample of authors
Bjørnstad, Ketil
Norwegian author, pianist and composer born in Oslo. Ketil Bjørnstad studied for Robert Riefling and Amalie Christie. He made his debut with Piano Concert no. 3 by Béla Bartók together with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1969. As a composer he has been described as a romantic impressionist strongly influenced by contemporary jazz, but rock music is also part of his repertoire. Bjørnstad has recorded som...
Literary figures
Tom Maybridge
Gender: Male
English detective chief inspector, who is the main character in a series of novels by Barbara M. Gill. In the first, he is a somewhat anonymous but important figure in a police department, but already in the second book he is married to literary scholar Meg and – as in the third – the sole protagonist. Tom Maybridge is a patient investigator, he wears spectacles and his rather piercing gaze is a g...