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Place of Birth: Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway
About Kjell Ola Dahl
- Kjell Ola Dahl (born 4 February 1958) is a Norwegian writer, who is sometimes known professionally as K.
- O.
- Dahl. His writing career began with the publishing of Dødens Investeringer (Lethal Investments) in 1993 and he has subsequently authored more than a dozen novels, many short stories, several non-fiction books, and co-written two screenplays with the writer/director Hisham Zaman. He is best known for his eleven Nordic noir crime novels which feature his Oslo detectives Frølich and Gunnarstranda.
- Six of these have been published in English, translated by Don Bartlett. Speaking of his own work in Nordic Noir Dahl says ‘I’m never entirely satisfied with my work – I’m pleased, of course, that readers find things to enjoy in them, but I can always see their weaknesses all too clearly'.
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