Jorun Thørring is a
Norwegian writer, born in
Tromsø
Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...
in 1955.
She lives in
Melhus Municipality
Melhus is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Melhus (village), village o ...
, is a specialist in
gynaecology
Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pre ...
, and has her own private practice in
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...
.
She made her literary debut in 2005 with the
crime novel
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a profession ...
''Skyggemannen (The Shadow Man)''.
In 2007 she won the Havmann Award, a literary award for the best
Northern Norwegian book published in the previous year, for her novel ''Tarantellen (The Tarantula)''.
Bibliography
*''Skyggemannen (The Shadow Man)'' – crime novel (2005)
*''Glassdukkene (The Glass Dolls)'' – crime novel (2006)
*''Tarantellen (The Tarantula)'' – crime novel (2007)
*''Ildens øye (The Eye of the Fire)'' – crime novel (2009)
Awards
*Havmann Award 2007, for ''The Tarantella''
References
External links
Jorun Thørring at Aschehoug AgencyJorun Thørring at Aschehoug Publishing House
Norwegian writers
Living people
1955 births
Norwegian novelists
Norwegian crime fiction writers
People from Tromsø
People from Melhus
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