Jon Ewo ( born 29 June 1957) is a Norwegian

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, short story writer, crime fiction writer and children's writer. He was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

and educated as

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. He made his literary debut in 1986 with the short story collection ''Det sies at oktober er en fin måned''. His crime novels include ''Torpedo'' (1996), ''Hevn. Torpedo II'' (1997) and ''Gissel. Torpedo III'' (1998). He received the

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Pr ...

in 2007 for the biography ''Fortellingen om et mulig drap'' (jointly with illustrator

Bjørn Ousland Bjørn Ousland (born 14 May 1959) is a Norwegian illustrator, children's writer and comics writer. His breakthrough was the album series ''Solruns saga'' from 1988 to 1993. Among his later albums are ''Mumle Gåsegg'' from 1999, ''Soria Moria ...

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1957 births Living people Writers from Oslo Norwegian novelists Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian children's writers {{Norway-novelist-stub