Anne Holt

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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 ...more

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	1222 (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #8) by Anne Holt, Marlaine Delargy (Translator) 3.34 avg rating — 3,921 ratings — published 2007 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Goddess (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #1) by Anne Holt, Tom Geddes (Translation) 3.47 avg rating — 3,059 ratings — published 1993 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Is Mine (Vik & Stubø, #1) by Anne Holt, Kari Dickson (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 2,575 ratings — published 2001 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Never Happens (Vik & Stubø, #2) 3.57 avg rating — 1,814 ratings — published 2004 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blessed Are Those Who Thirst (Hanne Wilhelmsen #2) by Anne Holt, Anne Bruce (Translator ) 3.66 avg rating — 1,632 ratings — published 1993 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of the Demon (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #3) 3.61 avg rating — 1,267 ratings — published 1995 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion's Mouth (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #4) 3.49 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 1997 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fear not (Vik & Stubø, #4) 3.53 avg rating — 900 ratings — published 2008 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Död joker (Hanne Wilhelmsen, #5) 3.69 avg rating — 884 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Presidentens valg 3.36 avg rating — 791 ratings — published 2004 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society.”
― Anne Holt

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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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“A história demonstrou decididamente que as mulheres sabem ser maléficas”
― Anne Holt, What Never Happens

tags: crime-thriller

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