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Jørn Lier Horst

1970 - Today

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Jørn Lier Horst (born 27 February 1970) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction and a former Senior Investigating Officer at Vestfold police district. His books have been published in over 40 countries and have sold more than ten million copies. Horst made his writing debut in 2004 with Key Witness, based on a true murder story. The detective character in his crime novels is William Wisting, and a television series based on the series premiered in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jørn Lier Horst is the 5,477th most popular writer (down from 5,272nd in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Norway (down from 355th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 5,477 out of 7,302Before him are Isabel-Clara Simó, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Ulrich Plenzdorf, K. Shivaram Karanth, Peter Härtling, and Leslie Charteris. After him are Maeve Binchy, Carl Amery, Yordan Radichkov, Teresa de la Parra, Federigo Tozzi, and Shahrnush Parsipur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 211Before him are Julie Bowen, Pedro Proença, Anthony Anderson, Iryna Bilyk, Marie-Josée Croze, and Erick Thohir. After him are Jonathan Stroud, Chris Cuomo, Kim Do-hoon, Vladimir Medinsky, Michael Shanks, and Hideki Kamiya.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 407 out of 1,039Before him are Olaf Gulbransson (1873), Hanne Krogh (1956), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), Asbjørn Ruud (1919), Nils Arne Eggen (1941), and Erling Evensen (1914). After him are Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924), Nils Petter Molvær (1960), Johan Falkberget (1879), Inger Hagerup (1905), Aksel Hennie (1975), and Ian Haugland (1964).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 65Before him are Erlend Loe (1969), Johan Borgen (1902), Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), and Vera Henriksen (1927). After him are Johan Falkberget (1879), Inger Hagerup (1905), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), André Bjerke (1918), Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958), and Åsne Seierstad (1970).