
Johan Harstad
Author · 13 books
Johan Harstad is a Norwegian author, graphic designer, playwright, drummer, and international sensation. He is the winner of the 2008 Brage Award (Brageprisen), previously won by Per Petterson, and his books have been published in over 11 countries. In 2009, he was named the first ever in-house playwright at the National Theatre in Oslo. His first novel Buzz Aldrin, What Happened To You In All The Confusion, originally published in Norway by Gyldendal in 2005, was made into a TV series in 2009 starring The Wire’s Chad Coleman. Harstad lives in Oslo.
Series
Books

Motorpsycho
Blissard
2012

Signaler 2008
2008

172 Hours on the Moon
2008

Osv.
2010

Ambulanse
2002

Red Handler
2018

Under brosteinen, stranden!
2024

Max, Mischa and the Tet Offensive
2017

Hässelby
2007

Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?
2005

Herfra blir du bare eldre
2001

Freeman's
Scrittori dal futuro
2017

Norwegia. Przewodnik nieturystyczny
2011