| Pål Gerhard Olsen | |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Bergen, Norway |
| Occupation: | novelist and crime fiction writer |
Pål Gerhard Olsen (born 1 November 1959) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, crime fiction writer, playwright and literary critic.
Olsen was born in Bergen. He made his literary debut in 1985, with Svart, svart – og et tynt lag hvitt, on disillusioned and whisky-consuming youngsters.[1] Further novels are Libero. Loven vest for Geilo (1986), about two football-loving young boys,[1] Den eneste andre (1989), where the protagonists are two vagants,[1] and the sequel Blodets sang from 1991.[1] The 1994 novel Den sanne historien combines social and psychological aspects of the 1990s.[1] The novel Manndomsprøven (1997) is about a maturing young boy, while Fredstid (2000) is a love story set in the late 1930s. In the crime fiction novel Mørk april from 1987, Olsen introduced private investigator "Aron Ask", a former freelance journalist, who eventually appeared in a number of novels, including the sequels Overspill (1990), Rødt regn (1992) and Isdronningen (1995),[1] as well as in Oslo-piken (1998), Tusenårsriket (2002), Nattmusikk (2005) and Bakmennene (2009). His children's novels include Tigrene tar avspark from 1996, and Tigrene finner formen from 1997.[1]
Olsen is a literary critic of crime fiction for the newspaper Aftenposten.[2]
. Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen . Mørke gjerninger – Pål Gerhard Olsen . 683–686 . Øystein Rottem . 3 . Cappelen . Oslo . 1998 . Norwegian . 82-02-16426-5 .