Musician, actor, comedian, author and performer Kristoffer Schau reading from Kanarikammeret. Kanarikammeret (The Canary Chamber) is a short crime story Ingar wrote for audible publisher Fabel as part of their campaign to reach even more book lovers. Kanarikammeret ended up on the top 10-list for the most popular audible books already on the first week after […]
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Beier and the music
I love this review! (And not just because they liked Les Adeptes.) I believe that you can learn a lot about a person by getting to know their musical preferences. So it is not random what sort of music Fredrik Beier listens to. What kind of music he uses to create that sexual tension, to put his […]
Terrorism, soup and Fredrik Beier
In what way did real-life events have an effect on «Those Who Follow»? This week I was interviewed by Poland´s largest web portal, onet.pl and by the the Gazeta´s weekend magazine. We talked about a tragic murder in Sweden, immigration, terrorism and how making a good soup is comparable to writing a crime novel. You can read […]
The Polish Vote
After its release in Poland, Naśladowcy (Those Who Follow) is getting a very warm welcome. Just look what onet.pl, Poland´s largest web portal has to say about Naśladowcy in their review: «Although the Scandinavian crime fiction authors are known throughout the world, Johnsrud definitely stands out among them. (…) Those Who Follow have everything needed for a good detective […]
Nice reviews from Hungary
«A masterful story, with several shocking turns.» This is what the Hungarian magazine Eva writes about Those Who Follow, or Követők, which is the Hungarian title, in their review. It is exciting, and a little bit terrifying, to meet an audience in a new country for the first time. Today Those Who Follow was released in […]
Paperback writer
Last week, Those Who Follow was released as a paperback in Norway. It came out, exactly one year and one day after the book was first released and reviewed. The last couple of weeks I have been working with my Italian publisher Einaudi on introducing Gli Adepti (Those Who Follow) in Italy, where the investigators Fredrik Beier and Kafa Iqbal will […]
Gli Adepti!
First of all – happy new year! Six months have passed, since our last post. But I haven’t been resting. Instead I have been working on the second part of the story, about Fredrik Beier, Kafa Iqbal and the other characters from Those Who Follow. Or Gli Adepti as will be the Italian title, when […]
Norwegian Bestseller
For titles released the spring of 2015, Those Who Follow was the sixth best-selling Norwegian fiction, according to Bokhandlerforeningen (Norwegian Book Sellers Organization). Top of the list was Jo Nesbø’s Blood on Snow. Those Who Follow was released in Norway in January 2015. It will come out in several other countries throughout 2016. Read more […]
Wienerbrorskapet på radio
Aschehoug lager podcast! Og den første episoden hører du her. Redaktør Inga Semmingen og jeg prater om Wienerbrorskapet, Thorbjørn Harr leser første kapittel av Jo Nesbøs BLOD PÅ SNØ og bokhandlerne forteller om sine favoritter denne våren. Den gikk rett inn på topplista over kultur- og litteratur-podcaster.
Ingar Johnsrud 