Audun Sjøstrand

Audun Sjøstrand (born 11 April 1950) is a Norwegian journalist, teacher and crime fiction writer.

Personal life and education
Sjøstrand was born in Radøy on 11 April 1950. He studied literary science, English language and Nordic literature at the University of Bergen, graduating in 1977.

Career
Sjøstrand has been a journalist for the newspaper Gula Tidend, and taught in secondary schools. He made his literary debut in 1985 with the puzzle crime novel Hundemordet. With this book he introduced the subgenre rural crime fiction in Norway. Further novels are Ureint trav from 1987 and Valsekongens fall from 1991. He was awarded the Melsom Prize in 1986 (for Hundemordet), and the Riverton Prize in 1991 (for Valsekongens fall).