Gunnar Staalesen

Gunnar Staalesen is one of the noteworthy authors from Norway, who likes to write his books based on the murder mystery, historical fiction, and crime fiction genres. He is particularly well known for writing the Varg Veum series. Author Gunner was born and brought up in Bergen, Norway. He became a published novelist in the year 1969 with the publication of his debut book titled Uskyldstider. The first work of author Gunner that was released in English is known as At Night All Wolves Are Gray. It was published in 1986. This book provided the first chance for the English speaking readers to get acquainted with the character of Varg Veum. After three years, it was released in the Norwegian language. Even though author Gunner has only a few books to his name in English so far, he is regarded as one of the prolific authors of his native language. Altogether, he has written around 20 crime books as well as several other books in his writing career. When the debut book of Gunner was published, he was just 22 years old. In the later years, he gained more popularity with the development of the character of Varg Veum as a private investigator from Bergen. The books based on this character have been translated into more than 12 foreign languages. Also, as many as 12 movies have been adapted in Norways based on the novels of the series, which have been released between the years 2007 and 2012. All the films feature Trond Espen Seim in the lead role as Varg Veum.