Pål Gerhard Olsen

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.^[1] He made his literary debut in 1985, with Svart, svart – og et tynt lag hvitt, on disillusioned and whisky-consuming youngsters.^[2] Further novels are Libero. Loven vest for Geilo (1986),^[1] about two football-loving young boys,^[2] Den eneste andre (1989), where the protagonists are two vagants,^[2] and the sequel Blodets sang from 1991.^[2] The 1994 novel Den sanne historien combines social and psychological aspects of the 1990s.^[2] The novel Manndomsprøven (1997) is about a maturing young boy, while Fredstid (2000) is a love story set in the late 1930s.^[1] 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),^[2] as well as in Oslo-piken (1998), Tusenårsriket (2002), Nattmusikk (2005) and Bakmennene (2009).^[1] His children's novels include Tigrene tar avspark from 1996, and Tigrene finner formen from 1997.^[2]

Olsen is a literary critic of crime fiction for the newspaper Aftenposten.^[1]

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