Unni Turrettini Explained

Unni Turrettini
Birth Name:Unni Fredheim
Birth Date:8 July 1972
Birth Place:Kautokeino, Norway
Occupation:Novelist, author, public speaker, human connection expert
Period:1990–present
Genre:nonfiction
Spouse:Samuel Turrettini

Unni Turrettini (born Unni Fredheim; July 8, 1972) is a writer, lawyer, citizen activist, international speaker and human connection expert.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She was born in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.[6]

Her first book The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight, published on November 15, 2015, is the story of Anders Behring Breivik and the Norway Massacre on July 22, 2011.[7] The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer is an Amazon best seller and won the Silver Falchion Award for best adult non-fiction in 2016.[8] [9]

She is also co-author of Once Upon a Fact, a collection of short-fiction stories inspired by famous fairytales.[10]

Turrettini’s book Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize was published on November 3, 2020.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Life and career

Turrettini was born and raised in Norway. She graduated high school as an AFS exchange student at Shawnee Mission South High School, a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas]], in 1989–1990, as well as from Drammen Gymnas, Norway in 1992. She holds a Cand. jur. Degree in law from the University of Oslo Law Faculty (1999) and has an LL.M. in American Law from Boston University School of Law. She is also a member of The New York Bar. She worked as a lawyer in Paris, France from 1999 to 2004 and in finance in Geneva, Switzerland from 2005 to 2008.[18]

After Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 and injured hundreds more in Norway in 2011, Turrettini started researching the massacre in search of a sense of understanding. Part of her research involved speaking with experts, including former FBI Special Agent Kathleen M. Puckett who was involved in the investigation that lead to the capture of Ted Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber, in 1995.[19]

Turrettini has participated in several TEDx Talk events, including TEDx Institut Le Rosey[20] and TEDx Youngstown.[21] Other presentations by Turrettini include talks at the Occidental College Mckinnon Center for Global Affairs,[22] the University of California, Berkeley[23] and The American-Scandinavian Foundation's Scandinavia House headquarters in New York City.[24] She was featured on KMPH-TV Fox News in Fresno, California discussing her book The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer.[25] On November 11, 2020, C-SPAN broadcast a segment with Turrettini that examined the Nobel Peace Prize election committee and history from her perspective, with information from her book Betraying the Nobel.[26]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kraley . Paul T. . The Writing Life: 10 Questions for Unni Turrettini . Medium . October 16, 2019.
  2. News: CONTRIBUTOR Unni Turrettini . October 16, 2019 . HuffPost.
  3. News: Feitelberg . Rosemary . 'The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer' Author Unni Turrettini Talks Preventing Terrorism, New Peace Prize Book . September 16, 2019 . Women's Wear Daily . September 22, 2016.
  4. News: Hartman . Mitchell . The cost of loneliness: Social isolation holds back workers and costs employers billions . 27 March 2023 . Minnesota Public Radio . 1 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Speranza . Joelle . How To Set Yourself Up With Less Stress in 2022 According To The Experts . littlethings.com . 27 March 2023.
  6. News: Thune . Gru . Ensomhet: keg lot som jet Ike var ensom . 27 March 2023 . 26 February 2023.
  7. Web site: Pegasus Books: The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer . Pegasus Books . October 16, 2019.
  8. Web site: Scribes Unlimited . Unni Turrettini's Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer Wins 2016 Award For Adult Non-Fiction . PRLOG . PRLOG.ORG . October 16, 2019.
  9. Web site: The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards – 2016 . nightstandbookreviews.com . October 16, 2019.
  10. Book: Tomlinson . Katherine . Once Upon a Fact . May 25, 2018 . Wildside Press . 978-1479438310.
  11. Web site: Betraying the Nobel The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize . Pegasus Books . Pegasus Books . 19 October 2020.
  12. Book: Turrettini . Unni . Betraying the Nobel The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize . November 3, 2020 . Penguin Books . 9781643135649.
  13. News: MacDougall . Clair . As the Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to the World Food Program, Famines Loom . 19 October 2020 . PassBlue: Independent Coverage of the UN . 10 October 2020.
  14. News: Green . Dominic . The Farce of the Nobel Peace Prize . 7 January 2021 . The Spectator . January 9, 2021.
  15. News: Linge . Mary Kaye . Trump has met the criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize — but he still won’t win it . 12 January 2021 . New York Post . 30 October 2020.
  16. News: Garver . Rob . Nobel Peace Prize Critics Say Award Had Drifted From Supporting Peace . 27 March 2023 . Europe . Voice of America . 11 December 2021.
  17. News: Guion . Anne . Le prix Nobel de la paix a-t-il vraiment un sens? . 27 March 2023 . La Vie . 10 December 2020.
  18. News: Amaras . Paola K. . Kraly . Paul . Unni Turrettini: Profile of an Author . October 16, 2019 . HuffPost . September 27, 2016.
  19. News: ITW . LATEST BOOKS, TRUE CRIME The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer by Unni Turrettini . ITW . The Big Thrill . December 31, 2015.
  20. News: Theme: Spark. TED. March 5, 2016. March 10, 2019.
  21. News: Unni Turrettini (LLM'03) delivers TED Talk, "Scissors and Guns and the Lies We Believe". BU School of Law Alumini News. March 3, 2018. March 10, 2019.
  22. Web site: A Conversation with Unni Turrettini . Oxy: Occidental College . October 10, 2019.
  23. Web site: HOME-GROWN TERRORISM AND THE LONE KILLER PHENOMENON: A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR UNNI TURRETTINI . scanadavian.berkeley.edu . University of California, Berkeley – Scandinavian . October 10, 2019.
  24. Web site: The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Book Talk with Unni Turrettini . scandinaviahouse.org . October 16, 2019.
  25. Web site: Norwegian Author on Great Day . kmph.com . October 16, 2019.
  26. Web site: Betraying the Nobel . c-span.org . August 22, 2021.

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