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Jon Michelet Author

Jon Michelet was one of the foremost Norwegian writers with a large body of literary work behind him; novels, plays, children's books, crime novels and debate books. He is also renowned in Norway for his strong commitment to a number of political and cultural causes. He has worked as a journalist, publisher, sailor and editor. He twice won the Riverton Prize for Best Norwegian Crime Novel. Sadly Jon passed away in April 2018. Don Bartlett lives in Norfolk and works as a freelance translator of Scandinavian literary fiction. He has translated, or co-translated, Norwegian novels by Lars Saabye Christensen, Roy Jacobsen, Ingvar Ambjornsen, Kjell Ola Dahl, Gunnar Staalesen, Pernille Rygg, and Jo Nesbo.