Jon Ewo

An annotated bibliography

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(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. Otto Monster i mageknipe (Damm, easyreader for children, 2001)Otto is sent to hospital. The monsterdoctor finds unexpected things in his stomach.
  34. Otto Monster vil ha alt for seg selv (Damm, easyreader for children, 2001) Otto behaves badly at the dinnertable. But he has a good reason for it.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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!
  39. 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.
  40. Tom og Harald bare krangler litt (Damm, easyreader for children, 2002) An argument between two friends escalates. Until the scary neighbour, Mother Moss, puts an end to it.
  41. Guggens saftige hemmelighet (Damm, easyreader for children, 2002) Guggen has a big secret that he won’t share with his sister.
  42. 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?
  43. Vil den virkelige William være så snill å reise
    seg?
    (Omnipax, biography for juveniles, 2003) Biography about
    the famous playwriter from Stratford.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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.
  54. 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.
  55. Historien som ikke ville slutte (Omnipax, picturebook, 2006)
    A picturebook about a friendship that does not want to end.
  56. 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.
  57. 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.
  58. 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.
  59. Otto Monster slipper alt løs! (Damm, easyreader for
    children, 2006) A collection of three short stories with Otto Monster.
  60. Dødens glassøye (Damm, horror for young readers,
    2007)
  61. Otto Monster og drittungen (Damm, easyreader for children, 2007)
  62. Fortellingen om et mulig drap. Et spørsmålstegn av
    en biografi om
    middelalderkongen Håkon Sverresson
    (Omnipax, biography for
    juveniles, 2007)
  63. XXL (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2007)
  64. Mannen fra graven (Damm, horror for young readers, 2007)
  65. Dragesverd og svart opal (Omnipax, fantasynovel for children, 2007)
  66. Straffekolonien (Cappelen Damm, horror for young readers,
    2008)
  67. Mikromini (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2008)
  68. Den store røde knappen (Cappelen Damm, novel for children,
    2008)
  69. Dødens ansikt (Cappelen Damm, horror for young readers,
    2008)
  70. Dragegull og grønn smaragd (Omnipax, fantasynovel for children,
    2008)
  71. Hjertet som ingen kunne brenne. En reise til Jeanne d’Arc
    (Omnipax, biography for juveniles, 2008)
  72. Otto Monster forlater planeten (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2009)
  73. Ormeheia (Cappelen Damm, horror for young readers, 2009)
  74. 17 bud for et grenseløst lykkelig liv (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2009)
  75. Vokteren (Cappelen Damm, horror for young readers, 2009)
  76. Hurra for Norge (Cappelen Damm, non-fiction for children, written in collaboration with Ingunn Aamodt, 2010)
  77. Guggen og mysteriet med ulykkesravnen (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2010)
  78. Film, død og kjærlighet. Mysterier, skitne triks og jugefanter fra filmens urtid (Omnipax, non-fiction for juveniles, 2010)
  79. Havfruer svømmer i mai (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2010)
  80. Spillet om Sydpolen. Et kappløp dit kartet slutter (Omnipax, non-fiction for juveniles, 2011)
  81. Totales wipeout i Atlant (Omnipax, novel for juveniles, 2011) A fantasynovel about an angel that travels to various parts of Jahves kingdom, but finds himself three times moved to a mysterious planet, Atlant. There he learns some personal skills that he needs – love, pain, loss, and so on. When he returns to Jahves court he learns that very much has changed.
  82. Demonene (Cappelen Damm, horror for young readers, 2011) About the twins Patrik and Nadia who has a mysterious aunt. They search her room and find a «key» to an underground world – a demon world ruled by the evil Ratsy.
  83. Otto Monsters skumle skolestart (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2011) Little Otto starts in school, but discovers that his big, frightening dad is even more scared of school than himself.
  84. Guggen og mysteriet med varuglen (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2011) Guggen and his sister, Gine, has to solve a problem with mad scientists, a toffe-nosed butler, jealous brothers and an evil were-owl.
  85. Vikinger (Cappelen Damm, history of the Norwegian vikings, for children, 2012)
  86. Monster (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for small children, 2012) Life is not easy when you have a monster as your pet!
  87. Respekt (Mangschou, easyreader for young adults, 2012) A story about two criminal brothers. The older one is fed up with having to take all kinds of shit from a boss. He wants another kind of arrangement. That comes with a price.
  88. Den digre boka om Otto Monster (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2012) The five first books about Otto Monster revised and collected. And with a brand new epilogue about how the writer and the illustrator works.
  89. Middelalderen i Norge  (Cappelen Damm, history of the medieval age in Norway for children, 2012)
  90. Otto Monsters møkkaferie (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2012) Little Otto has been tricked by his Family to work during the summerholidays for his awful great-grandmother.
  91. Norske konger og dronninger (Cappelen Damm, non-fiction for juveniles, 2012) An Encyclopedia of all Norwegian kings and their Queens.
  92. Ranglebein og Skrømt. Dauingsagaen 1 (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2013) Ranglebein and Skrømt are Brother and sister. He is a skeleton, she is a ghost. They run away from home to learn how to frighten people.
  93. Noia (Mangschou, easyreader for juveniles, 2013) Two friends working in a garage find a bag full of stolen money. They steal it in order to start a new life.
  94. De første nordmennene (Cappelen Damm, history of the first People in Norway, for children, 2013)
  95. Flukten. Dauingsagaen 2 (Cappelen Damm, easyreader for children, 2013) Ranglebein og Skrømt and their Family and friends have to run away from an evil lord who wants to rule the Whole of the Dead World.
  96. 1920 (Cappelen Damm, novel for juveniles, 2013) Science Fiction from an alternative Norway where the union With Sweden never was dissolved. The main protagonist is Håkon Lie, 15 years old and a boxer. He struggles for his Family.
  97. Hårete beist (Cappelen Damm, horror for Young readers, 2013) Three Deadly spiders have escaped on an island where a class of 12 year olds have a summercamp.