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Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo
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Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbø is the most successful Norwegian author of all time. He has sold more than 19 million books, which are published in forty-seven different languages globally, and he is widely recognized as one of Europe’s foremost crime writers.... Read full bio

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Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. In a climbing wall at Ton Sai, Thailand
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The Magical Fruit will be released on October 29, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
May 14, 2013
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder The Fart-tastic Boxed Set will be released on October 15, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Apr 29, 2013
Who Cut the Cheese? will be released on November 27, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Who Cut the Cheese? is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 27, 2012
Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series is now available in eBook
Apr 17, 2012
Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series will be released on April 17, 2012 in eBook
Apr 17, 2012
Who Cut the Cheese? will be released on January 03, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Who Cut the Cheese? is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Who Cut the Cheese?
Dec 16, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub will be released on November 15, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 15, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 15, 2011
Middle School Survival Kit is now available in
Oct 04, 2011
Middle School Survival Kit will be released on October 04, 2011 in
Oct 04, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Bubble in the Bathtub
Jan 05, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub will be released on January 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 04, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 04, 2011

Jo Nesbo Revealed

Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Rock climbing and guitar playing Q. What’s your best quality? A. Imagination Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. One. Perfect Skin, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Strawberry Fields by the Beatles, Independence Day by Bruce Springsteen, Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello, There She Goes by the Las. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Laziness Learn more about Jo Nesbo

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NewsRX, April 16, 2013
...This brand new 2013 summer read is tipped to be a book club and beach favourite, and a Jo Nesbo, Martina Cole and James Patterson fan favourite too. Want to know the exclusive Amazon...
The Man Booker Prize, April 15, 2013
...The 2013 Man Booker International Prize has not only thrust the 10 selected authors into the spotlight but an under-discussed element of literature too: translation. While the £60,000 prize is awarded to a writer with a body of work either written in...
Reuters UK, April 12, 2013
...which has been the building block of recent success. That has included the crime novels of Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo and Sweden's Henning Mankell, as well as the blockbuster "Millennium" trilogy of Stieg Larsson, of which "The Girl with the Dragon...
Financial Times, April 5, 2013
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 2013
...comes in writes a little note and signs their name." That would include such best-selling authors as Jo Nesbo, Craig Johnson, Michael Connolly, Lisa Scottoline and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Owen Butler. All authors who have stopped in as part of the...
WebWire, March 29, 2013
...This brand new 2013 summer read is tipped to be a book club and beach favourite, and a Jo Nesbo, Martina Cole and James Patterson fan favourite too. Want to know the exclusive Amazon free release days for this kindle book? Here they are: ...
Spectator, March 29, 2013
...Scandi-crime. Writers such as the late Stieg Larsson (he of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ fame), and Jo Nesbo, the creator of Detective Harry Hole, have almost become household names. But there are hundreds of other, lesser-known authors, who are...
411mania.com, January 18, 2013
...Victor is a drama focused on a cynical divorce lawyer that is an adaptation of a novel by Jo Nesbo. Executive produced by Katie Jacobs (House), the script is written by Mark Goffman (White Collar, Studio 60, The West Wing)… FOX Andy Samberg stars in...
Condé Nast Traveller, January 18, 2013
...Oslo The Thief sounds like it's the title of Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø's next blockbuster thriller. But it's actually the moniker of a new waterfront member of the Design Hotels group in Oslo's trendy Tjuvholmen or 'Thief Island', a destination...
New Zealand Herald, January 18, 2013
...Vukona Thomas Abercrombie CJ Bruton Who is the author of 'A Wanted Man'? Lee Child Clive Cussler Jo Nesbo Which star has recently had a run-in with a journalist at a Perth airport? Liz Hurley Miranda Kerr Rose Byrne According to the Real Estate...
The Times-Herald, January 17, 2013
...writing music and learning something new every day. His favorite authors include John Connolly, James Lee Burke and Jo Nesbo. Bass’ original music can be found on iTunes and Amazon. He enjoys playing tennis but admits that his wife, daughter and son...
The Times-Herald, January 17, 2013
...writing music and learning something new every day. His favorite authors include John Connolly, James Lee Burke and Jo Nesbo. Bass’ original music can be found on iTunes and Amazon. He enjoys playing tennis but admits that his wife, daughter and son...
Shreveport Times, January 15, 2013
...A Max Tudor Mystery" by G.M. Malliet "The Tucci Cookbook" by Stanley Tucci "Phantom: A Novel" by Jo Nesbo "Intellectuals and Society" by Thomas Sowell Compiled by Lauren Hall...
Broadway World, January 14, 2013
...NBC Yahoo.com reports that NBC has ordered a new legal drama pilot which will be based on Jo Nesbo's novel I AM VICTOR. According to the report, the series will tell the story of "a high-powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships." ...