Noiry and pulpy: Nesbø’s gorgeously rendered images of snow, and of the titular blood on snow … are crying out to be filmed.”— The Guardian (London) Child, Ben (9 September 2015). "Michael Fassbender set to star in Jo Nesbø's The Snowman". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 July 2016. With plotlines aplenty and a compelling cast of characters, this is a hot read for a cold evening. My Weekly The undisputed king of Scandinavian crime fiction. ..I am so used to the energetic plot twists, fiendish violence and addictive verbosity of Nesbo’s writing that Blood on Snow, with its simplicity, brevity and unlikely poetry, comes as a welcome antidote. It is set in the 1970s, an era of increasing fascination to Nesbo, and has a first-person narrative that provides a window into its protagonist’s lonely, tortured soul The Times

A film adaptation of Midnight Sun, titled The Hanging Sun, directed by Francesco Carrozzini directing and starring Alessandro Borghi, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sam Spruell, Peter Mullan and Charles Dance, [23] premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in September 2022. [24] Other projects [ edit ] Watermelon snow, also called snow algae, pink snow, red snow, or blood snow, is a phenomenon caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing a secondary red carotenoid pigment ( astaxanthin) in addition to chlorophyll. Unlike most species of fresh-water algae, this species appears to be cryophilic (cold-loving) and thrives in freezing water. [1] Milne, Richard (21 April 2017). " Jo Nesbo, the Norwegian crime writer, on his climbing addiction". Financial Times. ft.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019. "Today, he is a best-selling crime writer, whose novels have sold some 33 million copies worldwide." Doktor Proktors Tidsbadekaret (2008) (English: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: Bubble in the Bathtub) (2011) Many species feed on C. nivalis/ Sanguina spp., including protozoans such as ciliates, rotifers, nematodes, ice worms and springtails.Bradshaw, Peter (12 October 2017). " The Snowman review – Michael Fassbender plays it cool in watchable Jo Nesbø thriller". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2019. Team, Editorial (7 February 2023). "Jo Nesbø's (62) road to 8a". 8a.nu . Retrieved 9 February 2023. Striking in its simplicity… Nesbo is a writer at the top of his game who continues to amaze in new and confounding ways Daily Express Shortlisted for Ark's Children's Book Award for Best Children's Book 2007 ( Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder) [36]

When Ross published his account of the voyage in 1818, it contained a botanical appendix by Robert Brown. In it, Brown tentatively attributed the red snow to an alga. [7]Monica Hesse (3 May 2011). "Jo Nesbo, the next Stieg Larsson?". The Washington Post . Retrieved 5 September 2012. It was announced in October 2013 that, writing under the pen-name of Tom Johansen, Nesbø had written at least two novels provisionally entitled Blood on Snow and More Blood on the Water, scheduled to be published in autumn 2014 and spring 2015. [17] [18] The books Blood on Snow and its sequel Midnight Sun: Blood on Snow 2 were published in 2015, but under Jo Nesbø's name. [19] [20] I hung up, relieved. I don’t really do much more than commissions. I can’t actually be used for much more than that.

Steven Poole (12 April 2018). "Macbeth by Jo Nesbø review – Shakespeare reimagined". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 July 2018. Mystery Writers of America Announces 2010 Edgar Award Nominees" (press release). Mystery Writers of America via PR Newswire. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2019. Sutterud, Tone (24 April 2008). " Nemesis, by Jo Nesbo, trans. Don Bartlett" (review). The Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2019.Fleming, Mike Jr. (4 April 2017). "Tobey Maguire to Make Directorial Debut on Jo Nesbo Novel 'Blood On Snow' ". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 6 April 2017.

Procházková, Lenka; Leya, Thomas; Křížková, Heda; Nedbalová, Linda (2019). "Sanguina nivaloides and Sanguina aurantia gen. et spp. nov. (Chlorophyta): the taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology of two newly recognised algae causing red and orange snow". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95 (6): fiz064. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz064. PMC 6545352. PMID 31074825. Headhunters by Jo Nesbø" (review). Life in Norway. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019. "As of March 2014 more than 3 million copies of his novels have been sold in Norway, and his work has been translated into over 40 languages, selling 23 million copies." I am the world’s greatest living crime writer. [Jo Nesbø] is a man who is snapping at my heels like a rabid pit bull poised to take over my mantle when I dramatically pre-decease him.”—James Ellroy Doktor Proktor Og Verdens Undergang. Kanskje. (2010) (English: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The End of The World. Maybe.; also known as Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: Who Cut the Cheese?) (2012) McGrath, Charles (15 June 2012). "Norway Has Noir; Just Ask Jo Nesbo". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 December 2019.Nesbø topped the charts twice in 2014, with Police, the latest thriller starring the brilliant but troubled alcoholic detective Harry Hole, and with stand-alone crime novel The Son. Blood On Snow is another stand-alone for the Norwegian superstar author, a short, pacy little thriller which, instead of delving into the psyche of a morally dubious cop, reveals a villain with a heart. Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway’s premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di Derre (‘Them There’). They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat. why Jo Nesbo avoids his fans at all costs". thenationalnews. 16 February 2020 . Retrieved 5 January 2021. Jo Nesbo to publish retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth – Jo Nesbo". Jonesbo.com. 15 June 2017 . Retrieved 12 November 2017.