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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 Hisham Zaman (born 1 February 1975) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter of Kurdish origin. He graduated from the Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer in 2004. His films center on the stories and inner dilemmas of characters united by a c ...
. 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.


Bibliography


In English

Translated by Don Bartlett. * ''The Fourth Man'' (2007) * ''The Man in the Window'' (2008) * ''The Last Fix'' (2009) * ''Lethal Investments'' (2011) * ''The Courier'' (2015) * ''Faithless'' (2017) * ''The Ice Swimmer'' (2018)


In Norwegian

*''Dødens investeringer'' (1993) – ''Lethal Investments'' *''Seksognitti'' (1994) *''Miniatyren'' (1996) *''Siste skygge av tvil'' (1998) *''En liten gyllen ring'' (2000) – ''The Last Fix'' *''Mannen i vinduet'' (2001) – ''The Man in the Window'' *''Gjensynsgleder - love stories'' (2002) *''Lille tambur'' (2003) *''Venezia – forfatterens guide'' (2004) – a travel guide *''Den fjerde raneren'' (2005) – ''The Fourth Man'' *''Lindeman & Sachs'' (2006) *''Svart engel'' (2007) *''Lindemans tivoli'' (2008) *''Kvinnen i plast'' (2010) – ''Faithless'' *''Isbaderen'' (2011) – ''The Ice Swimmer'' *''Kureren'' (2015)


Screenplays

* Vinterland (2007) * Før Snøen Faller (2013)


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Mini blog by K.O.Dahl (in English)
1958 births Living people Norwegian male novelists Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian mystery writers Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian male short story writers 20th-century Norwegian short story writers 21st-century Norwegian short story writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norwegian male writers Nordic Noir writers Male non-fiction writers {{Norway-writer-stub