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Born August 8, 1952 (age 72) • Oslo • Norway
Notable Works “Dukkeføreren” • “That Same Flower” • “The Castle in the Pyrenees” • “The Ringmaster’s Daughter” • “The Solitaire Mystery” • “Vita Brevis”
Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
Fløgstad, Kjartan
Kjartan Fløgstad
Norwegian writer
Kielland, Alexander Lange
Alexander Lange Kielland
Norwegian writer
Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
Camilla Collett
Norwegian author
Hans E. Kinck.
Hans E. Kinck
Norwegian writer
Dag Solstad
Norwegian writer
Tryggve Andersen
Norwegian writer
Tarjei Vesaas
Norwegian author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
A son of Salem
Nathaniel Hawthorne
American writer
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
American writer
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich
American author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle
Irish writer
John Grisham
John Grisham
American writer
Patricia Grace
New Zealand writer

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