Jorun Thørring Explained

Jorun Thørring
Birth Date:	May 14, 1955
Birth Place:	Tromsø, Norway
Occupation:	Author, gynaecologist
Nationality:	Norwegian
Genre:	Crime

Jorun Thørring is a Norwegian writer, born in Tromsø in 1955. She lives in Melhus, is a specialist in gynaecology, and has her own private practice in Trondheim.^[1] She made her literary debut in 2005 with the crime novel Skyggemannen (The Shadow Man).^[2]

In 2007 she won the Havmann Award, a literary award for the best Northern Norwegian book published in the previous year, for her novel Tarantellen (The Tarantula).^[3]

Bibliography

• Skyggemannen (The Shadow Man)  - crime novel (2005)
• Glassdukkene (The Glass Dolls)  - crime novel (2006)
• Tarantellen (The Tarantula)  - crime novel (2007)
• Ildens øye (The Eye of the Fire)  - crime novel (2009)

Awards

• Havmann Award 2007, for The Tarantella

External links

• Jorun Thørring at Aschehoug Agency
• Jorun Thørring at Aschehoug Publishing House

Notes and References

1. Web site: Havmannprisen til Jorun Thørring. Singsaas. Frode. 24 April 2008. Addressa. Norwegian. 29 August 2011.
2. Web site: Skyggemannen. Hanssen. Kurt. 6 November 2005. Dagbladet. Norwegian. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015022453/http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2005/11/06/448519.html. live. 15 October 2012.
3. Web site: Nordnorsk heder til Jorun Thørring. 6 May 2008. Romerikes Blad. Norwegian. https://archive.today/20120909084350/http://www.rb.no/underholdning/article3520707.ece. 9 September 2012.