[1] He was born in Oslo and educated as librarian.

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.

[1] He received the Brage Prize in 2007 for the biography Fortellingen om et mulig drap (jointly with illustrator Bjørn Ousland.

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