Norman Ollestad
Norman Ollestad (born May 30, 1967 ) is an American writer.
Ollestad was born to Norman and Doris Ollestad and grew up in a hippie enclave on a beach south of Malibu . The father named his son “Boy Wonder” - perhaps because the eleven-year-old was Southern California youth champion in downhill skiing . In addition, the father trained the boy as a hockey player and surf rider . In 1979 the father was killed in an airplane accident. The tragedy provided the son with the material for the bestseller " Addicted to the storm ". The book was published in 2009. Fischer published the German edition a year later.
Ollestad began working on his successful text in 2006 and previously studied creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles .
The author is married. The couple lives with their son in Venice near Los Angeles .
Works
- Driftwood. (Driftwood). BookSurge LLC, Charleston 2006, ISBN 1-4196-4035-6 .
Autobiographical
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Crazy For The Storm: A Memoir Of Survival. Ecco, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-176672-5 .
- German: Addicted to the storm. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-10-055215-0 .
Remarks
- ↑ Norman Ollestad senior (* 1935; † February 19, 1979) wrote in his book "Inside The FBI " against the Hoover myth.
- ^ To be more precise: Ollestadt junior studied at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television .
Web links
- Literature by and about Norman Ollestad in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ollestad, Norman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1967 |