Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2008)
Sample of authors
Nesbø, Jo
The Norwegian, Jo Nesbø, is one of Norway’s most appreciated and successful crime writers. He was born in Oslo as Jon Nesbø, but when he was 16 he formally changed his first name to Jo, which was what his parents had originally thought of calling him. Already when he was very small, the family moved to Molde where he grew up and attended school. His mother was a librarian and read a lot, his fat...
Literary figures
Emmy Tibbett
Gender: Female
She is the wife of the English detective Henry Tibbett in a suite of whodunnits by Patricia Moyes. Emmy Tibbett was born in the Netherlands, and is a plump lady who hides stubbornness and will-power behind a jolly and friendly façade. She struggles hard to keep her weight down, and shares in her husband’s cases with empathy and curiosity. Quite often it is she who discovers decisive leads.