Morten Strøksnes


Morten Andreas Strøksnes is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer.
He was born in Kirkenes.
His books include Hellig grunn from 2001, Snøen som falt i fjor from 2004, Automobil – Gjennom Europas Bakgård from 2005, Et mord i Kongo from 2010, about Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French, and Tequiladagbøkene – Gjennom Sierra Madre from 2012.
For his 2015 book Havboka he was awarded both the Brage Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. As of 2018 the book has been sold to 24 countries, and the English translation was awarded the British Wanderlust Adventure Travel Book of the Year in 2018.