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Anne Holt


Born
in Larvik, Norway
November 16, 1958

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Crime, Gay and Lesbian


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

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Average rating: 3.57 · 42,581 ratings · 4,152 reviews · 57 distinct works • Similar authors
1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #8)
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Blind Goddess (Hanne Wilhel...
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What Is Mine (Vik & Stubø, #1)
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3.61 avg rating — 2,865 ratings — published 1993 — 61 editions
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What Never Happens (Vik & S...
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Death of the Demon: A Hanne...
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Död joker (Hanne Wilhelmse...
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The Lion's Mouth (Hanne Wil...
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Blind Goddess Blessed Are Those Who Thirst Death of the Demon: A Hanne... The Lion's Mouth Död joker No Echo Beyond the Truth
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What Is Mine What Never Happens Presidentens valg Fear Not Skyggedød
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A Grave for Two A Necessary Death A Memory for Murder
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Flimmer Sudden Death
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Zwei kunterbunte Freundinne... Zwei kunterbunte Freundinne...
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“What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society.”
― Anne Holt
tags: fear, society
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“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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“emotionally incontinent,”
― Anne Holt, Fear Not
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