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
Joe Leaphorn
Gender: Male
Joe Leaphorn is a Navajo police officer at a reservation in southeast United States. He is a wise and contemplative individual. Contrary to his colleague Jim Chee, he does not believe in traditional Native American folklore, but in Western rationalism, logic and forensic science. The author, Tony Hillerman, has allowed him to age. Leaphorn eventually retires from his job, but is still...