Vidar Sundstøl (born 30 June 1963) is a Norwegian writer. He received the crime fiction award, the

Riverton Prize The Riverton Prize ( no, Rivertonprisen) is a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian crime story (novel, short story, play, original screenplay). The prize is named after the Norwegian journalist and author Sven Elvestad (1884-1934) ...

, for 2008.

Biography

Born in

Drangedal Drangedal is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established ...

on 30 June 1963, Sundstøl made his literary debut in 2005, with the novel ''Kommandolinjer''. Further novels are '' I Alexandria'' from 2006 and ''Tingene hennes'' from 2007. He was awarded the

for the novel ''Drømmenes land'' from 2008.

Bibliography

* ''Kommandolinjer'' (2005) * ''I Alexandria'' (2006) * ''Tingene hennes'' (2007) * ''Drømmenes land'' (2008) * ''De døde'' (2009) * ''Ravnene'' (2011) * ''Besettelsen'' (2013) * ''Djevelens giftering'' (2015) * ''Hullet han krøp ut av''(2019) * ''Oseberg'' (2020)

References

1963 births Living people People from Drangedal Norwegian male novelists Norwegian crime fiction writers 21st-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub