One of the fathers of Nordic Noir, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1947.
Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Espen Seim..
He is the author of over twenty titles, which have been published in twenty-four countries and sold over four million copies.
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.
One of the fathers of Nordic Noir, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1947