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One of the fathers of Nordic Noir, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over twenty titles, which have been published in twenty-four countries and sold over four million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Espen Seim. Staalesen has won three Golden Pistols (including the Prize of Honour) and Where Roses Never Die won the 2017 Petrona Award for Nordic Crime Fiction, and Big Sister was shortlisted in 2019. He lives with his wife in Bergen.
Staalesen follows the hard-boiled PI tradition, as shown by the stunning 18th entry in his series. --Publishers Weekly starred review of Where Roses Never Die Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors. Operating out of Bergen in Norway, his private eye, Varg Veum, is a complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means 'wolf' in Norwegian, and this is a series with very sharp teeth. --Ian Rankin, author, Resurrection Men Mr. Staalesen's latest--ably translated by Don Bartlett --employs Chandleresque similes with a Nordic twist. --Wall Street Journal Online [S]tellar . . . Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society. --Publishers Weekly Online (Starred Review)
