24. august 2009 · 20:41
5 til 5 – Fem forfattere svarer på fem spørsmål
Først ut er Jon Ewo.
Jon Ewo snek seg tidlig inn i mitt lesehjerte med bøkene om Adam,(som starter med Sola er en feit gud) ,og var derfor den første jeg tenkte på. Heldigvis sa han ja med en gang 
Etter spørsmålene kommer en liten bio
1.) Hvordan ble du forfatter,egentlig? Hadde du andre drømmer enn å skrive når du var liten?
SVAR: Da jeg var liten skulle jeg bli arkeolog. Det å være forfatter var litt uvirkelig for meg. Visste jo selvsagt at alle de bøkene jeg leste var skrevet av noen folk – men det var liksom alltid sånne store, fete menn med barter og alvorlige tryner som levde helt spesielle liv. Folk som ikke hadde noe meg med og mitt liv å gjøre. Så selv om jeg småpuslet litt med å skrive ting tenkte jeg ikke noe i retning av å skrive bøker selv. Mer at jeg skrev for meg selv eller noen få kompiser som også skrev litt. Men så i siste året på videregående jobba jeg masse med en klasseavis. Og fant da ut at jeg likte å skrive. Og at jeg faktisk selv mente at jeg skrev dikt og tekster. Derfra begynte det å rulle. Men først etter å ha skrevet i ti år kom den første boka ut.
2.) Hva er viktig for deg når du får en idè? Skriver du ned alt av ideer,eller velger du ut noen ideer,og dumper andre?
SVAR: Alle ideer kan selvsagt være gode. Men noen blir mer fascinerende enn andre. Noen av dem er nærmest ferdige konsepter idet de detter ned i hodet mitt. Men de fleste trenger å modnes, å utvikle seg, å utfylles av nye ideer. Men jeg skriver ned de fleste sånne strøtanker og bruker de færreste av dem.
3.)Må du ha en spesiell ro,eller være i en spesiell stemning når du skal skrive?
SVAR: Jeg har et eget kontor i Oslo sentrum hvor jeg går fem dager i ukemn og skriver dagens kvote. Den eneste roen jeg trenger er at jeg ikke kan spille musikk. Men om noen snakker i siderommet, eller jeg hører trafikken utenfor spiller ingen rolle. Fem dager i uken, uke ut og uke inn, til boka er ferdig.
4.) Hva var den viktigste boka for deg når du var liten,og hva er den viktigste boka for deg nå?
SVAR: Da jeg var liten bare leste jeg på og hadde vel egentlig ingen yndlingsbøker. Fordi jeg ikke leste de samme bøkene om igjen. Verden var jo full av bøker og jeg hadde mer enn nok med å forsyne meg. Nå har jeg enkelte som jeg tar opp igjen med ujevne mellomrom, et par av romanene til jack Kerouac og Graham Greene, noen av novellen til Raymond Carver, noen av diktene til Arthur Rimbaud og Allan Ginsberg.
5.) En forfatters mareritt må vel være skrivesperre…Har du fått det noen gang,og hva gjør du da?
SVAR: Jeg har hatt det og det var forferdelig. Da skrev jeg søppel i noen år helt til en redaktør i Damm spurte om jeg ikke kunne skrive en lettlesbok for ungdom for forlaget. Jeg hadde til da bare skrevet for voksne og kunne egentlig ikke tenke meg noe annet. Men det å gjøre noe helt annet viste seg for meg å være veien ut av uføret. Vet ikke om det vil fungere for andre. Men det nytter heller ikke å sitte og presse og håpe at noe kommer. Så kanskje det å gjøre det uventede funker?
..Til sist,hvis du har noen råd til unge upubliserte forfattere,så kom med dem
SVAR: Du trenger stor stahet. Stor tro på deg selv. Viljen til å ikke gi opp selv om du blir refusert. Viljen til å sette deg ned hver dag og skrive – eller eventuelt å sette deg ned hver dag og prøve å skrive. Om det så bare er to setninger. Hvis du mangler vilje og stahet osv, bør du finne et annet yrke. Forfatteryrket er nådeløst og mange starter på det, men slutter.
Takk for at du hjalp meg med bloggen,Jon,og for rådene som hjelper meg (og forhåpentligvis andre) i gang med det å bli en utgitt forfatter!
Bio;
Navn; Jon Ewo (født 29. juni 1957 i Oslo som Jon Tore Halvorsen)
Hjemmeside; http://jonewo.net/
Bibliografi;
* Det sies at oktober er en fin måned – noveller (1986)
* Ingen snakker om Marcel – noveller (1987)
* Langsomt nå, for Matteus’ skyld – roman (1991)
* Dit gatene går når det blir natt – roman (1992)
* Vi tar ham! – ungdomsroman (1993)(som Holger Selmas) (ny utgave: Prisen å betale, 2005)
* I Satans tid – ungdomsroman (1994)(som Holger Selmas)(ny utgave i 2006)
* Min første modembok – sakprosa (1994)
* Ressurser på Internett. World Wide Web – sakprosa (1995)
* Jeg var 16 da jeg forstod hva en mann må gjøre – ungdomsroman (1995)
* Kriss Kross – ungdomsroman (1995) (ny utgave: Kjip skrens, 2005)
* Etterpå er du en helt annen mann – ungdomsroman (1996)
* Ingen er redd for Otto Monster – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen (1996)
* Effektiv søking på World Wide Web – sakprosa (1996)
* Torpedo – kriminalroman(1996)
* Hevn. Torpedo II – kriminalroman(1997)
* Når en mann parkerer hjertet sitt og griner – ungdomsroman (1997)
* Du store gauda! – barnebok (1997)
* Gissel – kriminalroman(1998)
* Otto Monster i familietrøbbel – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen (1998)
* Otto Monster vil også bli syk – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen (1999)
* Forelska på nettet? – sakprosa/ungdomsbok (1999)
* Mysteriet med osteklokken fra Malta – barnebok (1999)
* Sola er en feit Gud – ungdomsroman (1999)
* Trash Bazookaza: En helt blir til – barnebok (2000)
* Otto Monster vil ha søt hevn – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen (2000)
* Månen er en diger pudding – ungdomsroman (2000)
* Jorda er tøff og naken – ungdomsroman (2001)
* Brødrene Shakespeare – roman (2001)
* Trash Bazooka: Den dødelige armada – barnebok (2001)
* Otto Monster i mageknipe – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen 2001)
* Otto Monster vil ha alt for seg selv – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen (2001)
* Mysteriet med bukken fra Baskerville – barnebok (2001)
* En stor, farlig hund og to oppfinnere – barnebok (2002)
* En og en sammen – billedbok (2002) (illustrert av Gry Moursund)
* Jobben min er å tette hullene i tilværelsen – ungdomsroman (2002)
* Trash Bazooka: Med jorda som innsats – barnebok (2002)
* Mysteriet med teatervampyren – barnebok (2002)
* Trash Bazooka: I aller siste sekund – barnebok (2003)
* Kometer eller skjærlighet – ungdomsroman (2003)
* Livet er fullt av overraskelser – barnebok (2003)
* Vil den virkelige William være så snill å reise seg – sakprosa/ungdomsbok om William Shakespeare (2003) (illustrert av Bjørn Ousland)
* Damms Norgeshistorie. 1. Det navnløse landet i nord – sakprosa/barnebok (2004) (illustrert av Alexander Wisting)
* Damms Norgeshistorie. 2. Jakten på vikingene – sakprosa/barnebok (2004) (illustrert av Alexander Wisting)
* Otto Monsters grusomme natt – barnebok (2004)
* Svart, og cirka hvitt – ungdomsroman (2004)
* Prisen å betale – ungdomsroman (2005) (nyutgivelse av Vi tar ham, 1993)
* Damms Norgeshistorie. 3. Krigerske konger og farlige fiender. Middelalderen i Norge år 1066 til 1380 – sakprosa/barnebok (2005) (illustrert av Alexander Wisting)
* Damms Norgeshistorie. 4. 434 år og et mirakel. Union med Danmark år 1380 til 1814 – sakprosa/barnebok (2005) (illustrert av Alexander Wisting)
* Om det bare ville snø i helvete – ungdomsroman (2005)
* Trash Bazooka: Operasjon sluttspill – barnebok (2005)
* Otto Monster blir superslem – barnebok illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen (2006)
* Historien som ikke ville slutte – billedbok (2006) (illustrert av Bjørn Ousland)
* Kjip skrens– ungdomsroman (2006) (remiks av Kriss kross, 1995)
* I Satans tid – ungdomsroman (2006) (nyutgitt remiks som Jon Ewo)
* Otto slipper alt løs! – barnebok (2006) (illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen)
* Drageblod og blå safir – barnebok (2006) (illlustrert av Morten Ravnbø Sætren)
* Dødens glassøye – barnebok (2007)
* Otto Monster og drittungen – (2007) (illustrert av Reidar Kjelsen)
* Fortellingen om et mulig drap – ungdomsbok (2007) (illustrert av Bjørn Ousland)
* XXL – ungdomsbok (2007)
* Mannen fra graven – barnebok (2007)
* Mikro Mini – ungdomsbok (2008)
Priser;
* 1999: Kultur- og kirkedepartementets litteraturpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur for Sola er en feit gud
* 2002: Den nederlandske Zilveren Zoen 2002, for Sola er en feit gud
* 2003: Kultur- og kirkedepartementets fagbokpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur for Vil den virkelige William være så snill å reise seg
* 2003, 2005 og 2008: Nominert som norsk forfatter til IBBY-prisen (Hans Christian Andersen-medaljen)
* 2005: Skolebibliotekarforeningens litteraturpris for Svart, og cirka hvitt
* 2007: Brageprisen for Fortellingen om et mulig drap i klassen Sakprosa for barn sammen med illustratøren Bjørn Ousland
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briefly in English;
First author to answer my five questions is my favourite Norwegian author, Jon Ewo . He was the first that came to mind,and luckily he said yes
Jon Ewo first crept into my bookloving heart with his book “The sun is a phat god”, which I recommend to anyone,but especially young adults.
He was born in 1957,in Oslo,Norway,and has a librarian education,but he now writes full time.
Here’s my five for five questions; loosely translated,both Q’s and A’s.
Q1) So,how did you become a writer anyway? Did you have other dreams when you were a kid,other than being a writer?
A: When I was a kid, I was going to become an archeologist. Becoming a writer was a bit unreal to me. I knew,of course, that all the books I read had been written by some people – but it was always by these kind of big,fat men with mustaches and serious faces who lived special and wondrous lives. People who had nothing to do with me or my life. So even if I scribbled a bit, I didn’t think in the direction of writing books myself. It was more writing for myself,or a few buddies who also wrote a bit. But then,my senior year at school I worked a lot on a school paper. I discovered then that I enjoyed writing, and that I actually wrote poems and short stories. From there it kinda snowballed. But first, after writing ten years, my first book got published.
Q2) What’s important to you when you get an idea? Do you write down every idea,or do you choose some and discard others?
A; All ideas can,of course, be good. But some become more fascinating than others. Some are practically finished concepts when they pop into my head, but most of them needs to mature,to grow and develop, and to be filled with new ideas. But I write down most of these thoughts..and use almost none of them.
Q3) Do you need a special serenity,or be in a special mood when you’re going to write?
A; I have my own office in downtown Oslo where I go five days a week and write my daily quota. The only thing I need,is hat I can’t play music. But if anyone talks in the room next to mine,or I hear the traffic outside doesn’t matter. Five days a week,week in and week out,’till the book is finished.
Q4.) What was the most important book for you as a kid,and what is the most important book to you now?
A; When I was a kid, I kinda just read a lot,and didn’t really have any favourite books, because I didn’t read the same books over again. The world was full of books,and I was happily digging in. Now I have a few I pick up every now and again. A couple of Jack Kerouac’s novels,Graham Greene. Some of Raymond Carvers short stories,and some poetry by Arthur Rimbaud and Allan Ginsberg.
Q5) A writers nightmare must be writers block..have you had it,and what do you do about it?
A; I’ve had it,and it was terrible. I wrote garbage for a couple of years ’till an editor in Damm asked if I could write an EasyRead-book for young adults for them. Up until then,I’d only written books for adults,and couldn’t really see myself doing anything else. But doing something else became the road away from writers block. Don’t know if it will work for anyone else. But it’s no use just sitting there,hoping something will come. So maybe doing the unexpected works?
..and finally,if you have any advice for young unpublished authors,please share
A; You need to be stubborn,and believe in yourself,and to have the will not to give up when you get rejected.The will to sit down every day and write – or at least try to write. Even if it’s just two sentences.If you don’t have the will,the stubbornness etc, then find another job. The job of being a writer is merciless,lots of people start..but eventually quit.
Thank you Jon,for helping me in my blog,and my quest of becoming a published writer!
Here is an excerpt from “The sun is a phat god”, cut/pasted from his own website. Enjoy!
“It’s a burning hot summer and Adam is on a burning mission. In search of some peace of mind, after having been jilted by his girlfriend, he climbs to the top of an abandoned storage silo in the centre of Oslo. He seeks consolation in falling asleep in the sun but is soon amazed to discover the sun has other plans and a lot more to offer him than a mere suntan. The sun is a fat god out to help Adam realise his mission – to grow up.
In trying to focus on growing up, Adam realises life is inside-out and back-to-front. The big issues might be small and the small ones enormous. Adam’s father confides in him that he might be dying at the same time as Adam is caught up in philosophising with Ibsen, wooing a new woman, learning how to roller-blade and striving to cook the perfect steak. Then to zoom in even further, Adam also likes to indulge in trivia, such as, how much honey does a bee produce in its lifetime. What – trivia, did you say? Not for the bee, it isn’t.”
Jon Ewo’s bibliography; cut/pasted from his own website;
(The following is a very rough and fast translation from Norwegian. It has been written especially for students that wants to write about me and my books. The author apologizes sincerely for all lingual mistakes.)
1.
Det sies at oktober er en fin måned (Cappelen, short stories, 1986) A collection of short stories. In the tradition of Hemingway and Graham Greene.
2.
Ingen snakker om Marcel (Cappelen, short stories, 1987) More short stories.
3.
Langsomt nå, for Matteus’ skyld (Gyldendal, novel, 1991) A novella about a crippled boy.
4.
Dit gatene går når det blir natt (Gyldendal, novel, 1992) Norways first cyberpunk-novel.
5.
Vi tar ham! (Written under the pseudonym “Holger Selmas”) (Damm, easy reader for juveniles, 1993) An easy reader for juveniles. About street violence. But the story is told from the viewpoint of one of the offenders. Was remixed and reprinted in 2005 under a new title: The Price to pay.
6.
I Satans tid (Skrevet under forfatternavnet “Holger Selmas”) (Damm, easy reader for juveniles, 1994) An easy reader for juveniles. About modern Satan worshippers. Was remixed and reprinted in 2006.
7.
Min første modembok (IDG, a book about computer communication written together with Robert Wood, 1994) A book for juveniles about connecting and communicating with BBS’es.
8.
Kriss Kross (Damm, easy reader for juveniles, 1995) An easy reader for juveniles. About a 15 year old who are involved in a near-crash on a motorcycle. And is very afraid to get back on the bike. This is the first book about a character I called Kriss that also pop up in book nr. 9, 12 and 16. Was remixed and reprinted in 2006.
9.
Jeg var 16 da jeg forstod hva en mann må gjøre (Damm, novel for juveniles, 1995) The first novel about Kriss. He falls in love with Mette. This has been translated to German.
10.
Ressurser på Internett. World Wide Web (Imago Solis, a book about the internet written together with Robert Wood, 1995) Book about what resources Internet can provide you with.
11.
Ingen er redd for Otto Monster (Damm, easy reader for children, 1996) An easy reader for children. About the little monster Otto that is a failure as a monster.
12.
Etterpå er du en helt annen mann (Damm, novel for juveniles, 1996) The second novel about Kriss. He is still in love with Mette. But he experiences the strong forces of jealousy. And have to deal with the fact that another girl also is attracted to him.
13.
Torpedo (Aventura, novel, 1996) The first novel about the money enforcer Alex Hoel. A story from inside the criminal world.
14.
Effektiv søking på World Wide Web (Imago Solis, a book about internet, 1996) About how to find information efficiently on the Web. I am educated as a librarian and use the techniques i learned in that trade on Internet.
15.
Du store gauda! (Damm, easy reader for children, 1997) An easy reader for children. About the little rat-boy Guggen, his father and some friends that are prowling the city’s underground in search for the enormous cellar with cheese that they know is out there somewhere. This book has been translated to Danish.
16.
Når en mann parkerer hjertet sitt og griner (Damm, novel for juveniles, 1997) The third novel about Kriss. He loses his girlfriend Mette to another boy. And he involves himself with another girl. And makes her pregnant. And then there is even a third girl there…
17.
Hevn. Torpedo II (Pantagruel, novel, 1997) The second novel about Alex Hoel.
18.
Otto Monster i familietrøbbel (Damm, easy reader for children, 1998) An easy reader for children. The not-so-successful little monster Otto and his family get a visit from his cousin, Beate. A person that even monsters dread!
19.
Otto Monster hopper i vulkanen (Damm, easy reader for children, 1998) An easy reader for children. Otto is sent to a summer camp for children. And he falls in love!
20.
Gissel. Torpedo III (Pantagruel, novel, 1998) The third and final novel about Alex Hoel.
21.
Uten filter (Pax, novel for juveniles, 1998) A novel for juveniles. Three boys, aged 17, is alone at home the last weekend before school starts. They are really going to have a good time. But then a boy called Gene appears. And he has plans. Plans that means big trouble for all of them. A novel about a psychopath.
22.
Mysteriet med osteklokken fra Malta. En sak for Guggen og Gine (Damm, easy reader for children, 1999) The second story about the rat-boy Guggen. He and his sister is running a detective-agency. The story is loosely spun around the classic crime novel ”The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett.
23.
Sola er en feit gud (Pax, novel for juveniles, 1999) A novel for juveniles. Adam, age 16, was – until a fortnight ago – dating Caroline. But then Caroline told him that he was so childish and broke their relationship. Adam decides that he will really work hard to be a grown-up. As soon as possible! A funny novel that plays around with the way novels usually are written. It mixes reality and fiction and some chapters are parodies of certain genres.
24.
Otto Monster vil også bli syk (Damm, easy reader for children, 1999) An easy reader for children. When you are a monster there is nothing better that can happen to you than a real good disease. Then you get a holiday. And in this book little Otto is the only one who don’t get sick. Which makes him very frustrated.
25.
Forelska på nettet? Eller bare litt pratesjuk… (Pax, for juveniles, 1999) A book about meeting other juveniles on the net. Explains several forms of digital communication. IRC, ICQ, Voicechat, Chatting, Online gaming, mailing lists and so on. It also includes a short internet-history, some basic knowledge about pc and internet and some interviews with juveniles that surf the net.
26.
Otto Monster vil ha søt hevn! (Damm, easy reader for children, 2000). Last year everybody made Otto’s life miserable during the yearly monster festivities. But this year he is ready for revenge!
27.
Mysteriet med bukken fra Baskervill. En sak for Guggen og Gine (Damm, easy reader for children, 2000) The third story about the rat-boy Guggen. He and his sister is running a detective-agency. The story is loosely spun around the classic crime novel “The Hound of the Baskerville” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
28.
Månen er en diger pudding (Pax, novel for juveniles, 2000) The second novel about Adam from ”Sola er en feit gud”. (Book nr. 23). This time he finds that perhaps this project about becoming an adult went too fast? Perhaps it’s more important to keep in touch with your inner child?
29.
En helt blir til. Første bok om Trash Bazooka (Pax, novel for children/juveniles, 2000) Kjell Ivar Hansen is a completely normal boy aged 12. But he has a horrible secret. In reality he is a stuntpilot named Trash Bazooka and has saved the earth a lot of times from dangers from outer space. In this first novel in the series we get to know how he became Trash Bazooka and how he fought against the traiter Grobian Worm.
30.
Brødrene Shakespeare. Eller: Vil den virkelig William være så snill å reise seg! (Pantagruel, novel, 2001) This is a novel about four persons with quite different relationships and connections with William Shakespeare. It’s a novel that plays with the myths and legends about the worlds most famous author – a person we know almost nothing about.
31.
Jorda er tøff & naken (Pax, novel for juveniles, 2001) In this last novel about Adam he finds out that it’s not important to be a grown-up. It’s not important to keep in touch with your inner child. What life is all about is to become a human, an individual, a person.
32.
Den dødelige armada. Andre bok om Trash Bazooka (Pax, novel for children/juveniles, 2001) This second book about Trash deals with the fight against the evil baron of Mars, Kluster Fatbitz, who tries to invade earth.
33.
En stor farlig hund og to geniale oppfinnere (Aschehoug, novel for children/juveniles, 2002) Leonardo is the name of the worlds leading inventor. But he also has an ingenious assistant, Petra Propp. Together they try to solve King Harald’s big problem – to rid the king of all the obnoxious rabbits that dig holes in the royal gardens.
34.
En og en sammen (Pax, picturebook, 2002) A little boy plants a three in the forest. He becomes a lumberjack and grows up, just as the three he planted grows and get bigger. Several hundrer years pass and still they are one and one together in the forest. Until one day.
35.
Jobben min er å tette hullene til tilværelsen (Pax, novel for juveniles 2002) A novel for young adults about Sara, 15 years old, who lives on an island with her father and her little sister. Sara decides to try to find out all she can about her mother who left them seven years ago. Her quest becomes a quest for herself as well.
36.
Med jorda som innsats. Tredje bok om Trash Bazooka (Pax, novel for children/juveniles, 2002) In this third book about Trash Bazooka he and his fellow stuntpilots have to fight an intergalactic gambler who has won the earth. He wants to make an enterteinmentplanet out of earth. But then of course almost all humans must be eliminated!
37.
Mysteriet med teatervampyren. En sak for Guggen & Gine (Damm, easyreader for children, 2002) One day Guggen and Gine gets a visit from a client, Helmer Pelmer, that asks them to find his wife, Nora Dora, who has vanished. She was the assistant to the famous writer Harry Gipsen. This detective-story is a play with Henrik Ibsens dramatical works.
38.
Livet er fullt av overraskelser (Damm, novel for children/juveniles, 2003)
Jenny Valentine loves mysteries. This is her greatest mystery and ridddle ever: Who is reallly her grand uncle Ido?
39.
Vil den virkelige William være så snill å reise seg? (Omnipax, biography for juveniles, 2003) Biography about the famous playwriter from Stratford.
40.
I aller siste sekund. Fjerde bok om Trash Bazooka (Omnipax, novel for children/juveniles, 2003) In this fourth book about Trash Bazooka he has to save his friends that are stuck in a black hole.
41.
Kometer eller skjærlighet. En fortelling som ikke klarer å bestemme seg (Aschehoug, novel for children/juveniles, 2003) A novel where the famous inventor Leonardo is ill and his assistent Petra tries to bring him back to where he grew up to cure him.
42.
Otto Monsters grusomme natt (Damm, easyreader for children, 2004) Otto has to learn that to grow up means to change. But for him change is frightening.
43.
Det navnløse landet i nord. Steinalder, bronsealder og jernalder i Norge, cirka 9000 f. Kr. til 793 e. Kr. Damms norgeshistorie – bind 1 (Damm, History of Norway, written for children/juveniles, volume 1, 2004) First volume of Norwegian history. Deals with stone age, bronze age and iron age.
44.
Jakten på vikingene. Vikingtid i Norge, år 793 til 1066 e. Kr. Damms norgeshistorie – bind 2 (Damm, History of Norway, written for children/juveniles, volume 2, 2004) Second volume of Norwegian history. Deals with the Vikings.
45.
Svart. Og cirka hvitt (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2004) A novel about mobbing. A story where the first part ends rather badly. So the author starts the story anew. This time with another outcome.
46.
Krigerske konger og farlige fiender. Middelalder i Norge, år 1066 til 1380 e. Kr Damms norgeshistorie – bind 3 (Damm, History of Norway, written for children/juveniles, volume 3, 2005) Third volume of Norwegian history. Deals with the middle age.
47.
434 år og et mirakel. Union med Danmark, år 1380 til 1814 e. Kr. Damms norgeshistorie – bind 4 (Damm, History of Norway, written for children/juveniles, volume 4, 2005) Fourth volume of Norwegian history. Deals with our union with Denmark.
48.
Operasjon Sluttspill. Femte bok om Trash Bazooka (Omnipax, novel for children/juveniles, 2005) The fifth and final book about Trash. Here all the threads in the series are woven together.
49.
Om det bare ville snø i helvetet. En fortelling om de små sakene i livet (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2005) A novel about empathy and about whether our actions really has any meaning.
50.
Otto Monster blir superslem (Damm, easyreader for children, 2006) Otto decides that he has been too kind too long. He is going to become a really bad monster now.
51.
Historien som ikke ville slutte (Omnipax, picturebook, 2006) A picturebook about a friendship that does not want to end.
52.
Den siste unionen. Union med Sverige, år 1814 til 1905 e. Kr. Damms norgeshistorie – bind 5 (Damm, History of Norway, written for children/juveniles, volume 5, 2006) Fifth volume of Norwegian history. Deals with our union with Sweden.
53.
Kriger, kriser og svart gull. Moderne tid, år 1905 til 2006 e. Kr. Damms norgeshistorie – bind 6 (Damm, History of Norway, written for children/juveniles, volume 6, 2006) Sixth volume of Norwegian history. Deals with the modern age.
54.
Drageblod og blå safir (Omnipax, novel for children/juveniles, 2006) About a little dragon family that has a problem with the knights in the neighborhood.
55.
Otto Monster slipper alt løs! (Damm, easyreader for children, 2006) A collection of three short stories with Otto Monster.
