Anne Holt

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Anne Holt


Born
in Larvik, Norway
November 16, 1958

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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
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1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #8)

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Blind Goddess (Hanne Wilhel...

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3.45 avg rating — 5,469 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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What Is Mine (Vik & Stubø, #1)

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3.71 avg rating — 4,258 ratings — published 2001 — 78 editions
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Blessed Are Those Who Thirs...

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3.61 avg rating — 2,922 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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What Never Happens (Vik & S...

3.56 avg rating — 2,853 ratings — published 2004 — 73 editions
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Death of the Demon: A Hanne...

3.57 avg rating — 2,403 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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A Grave for Two (Selma Falc...

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3.59 avg rating — 1,757 ratings — published 2018 — 27 editions
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Död joker  (Hanne Wilhelmse...

3.72 avg rating — 1,658 ratings — published 1999 — 47 editions
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Fear Not

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3.58 avg rating — 1,647 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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The Lion's Mouth (Hanne Wil...

3.48 avg rating — 1,674 ratings — published 1997 — 4 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

“The food wasn’t very sophisticated: canned reindeer-meatballs in gravy with potatoes and a cucumber salad.”
Anne Holt, Blind Goddess: The chillingly gripping scandi noir from the 'godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction' Jo Nesbo

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