Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection ''Fangeliv'' (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is the winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: ''Seierherrene'' (The Conquerors) in 1991 and ''Frost'' in 2004. ''The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles'' was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives in Oslo. Provided by Wikipedia