Anne Holt





Anne Holt

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born
in Larvik, Norway
November 16, 1958

gender
female


About this author

Anne Holt was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978. She graduated with a law degree from the University of Bergen in 1986, and went on to work for The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and then the Oslo Police Department, earning her right to practice as a lawyer in Norway. In 1990 she returned to NRK, where she worked one year as a journalist and anchor woman for the news program Dagsrevyen.

Holt started her own law practice in 1994, and served as Minister of Justice in Cabinet Jagland for a short period from November 25, 1996 to February 4, 1997.

In 1993 Holt made her debut as a novelist with the crime novel Blind gudinne, featuring the lesbian police officer Hanne Wilhelmsen. The two novels Løv...more


Average rating: 3.38 · 4,382 ratings · 729 reviews · 27 distinct works · Similar authors
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3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 1,439 ratings — published 2007 — 33 editions
What is Mine
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 2001 — 43 editions
What Never Happens
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2004 — 36 editions
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions
Blessed Are Those Who Thirs...
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Presidentens valg
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A Raiz do Ódio
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2009 — 25 editions
Mea culpa
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
Död joker
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions
Flimmer
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3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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“What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society.”
Anne Holt

“Сюне усети, че се изчервява, опитваше се да се овладее с мисли за лед, лимони и белина; обикновено помагаше, но не и сега.”
Anne Holt, Mea culpa

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