Aslak Nore (born 12 May 1978) is a Norwegian journalist, publisher, non-fiction and crime fiction writer. He was awarded the

Riverton Prize The Riverton Prize () is a literature award given annually to the best work of Norwegian crime fiction (novel, short story, play, original screenplay). The prize is named after the Norwegian journalist and author Sven Elvestad (1884-1934) who pub ...

in 2017.

Personal life

Nore was born in

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on 12 May 1978, and is the son of the writer

Kjartan Fløgstad Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944) is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland. He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Subsequently, he worked for a period as an ...

Career

With a background as a soldier and publisher, Nore made his literary debut in 2007, with the documentary novel ''Gud er norsk''. Later books are ''Ekstremistan'' (2009), and the thrillers ''En norsk spion'' (2012), and ''Oslo Noir'' (2014). In 2014 he published a book on the

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, ''Brasil 2014'', together with his father

. The espionage thriller ''Ulvefellen'' from 2017 is set during

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. For ''Ulvefellen'', he was awarded the

in 2017. His 2021 novel ''Havets kirkegård'' centres on intrigues in a fictional Norwegian family, interwoven with actual events during World War II. The sequel (2023) deals with further intrigues in the same family and the family company.

Bibliography

* ''Gud er norsk: Soldatene fra fredsnasjonen'' (2007) * ''Ekstremistan: Frykt og håp i det flerkulturelle Norge'' (2009) * ''En norsk spion'' (2012) * ''Oslo Noir'', Aschehoug (2014) * ''Ulvefellen'', Aschehoug (2017) * ''Havets kirkegård'', Aschehoug (2021) * Ingen skal drukne, Aschehoug (2023)

References

1978 births Living people Writers from Oslo Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian male novelists Norwegian crime fiction writers 21st-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian male writers Norwegian male non-fiction writers {{Norway-journalist-stub