See You Tomorrow

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

See You Tomorrow asked for hard work, patience and a lot of research, and I have been fortunate to have the generosity and devotion of intelligent and empathic people during these six years of writing.

Thanks to my editor Kari Joynt and everyone at Forlaget Oktober in Oslo. Thanks to Aschehoug Agency for their work with my books abroad. Thanks to Karen Sullivan and Gary Pulsifer at Arcadia, Amélie Burchell and everyone at Faber Factory and Faber Factory Plus, my translator Séan Kinsella, and all my foreign publishers and translators for making this happen around the world. I am grateful for the generous support of Norla and the Norwegian Embassy, who have made so much of this possible.

My love goes out to my lifelong friend and internet-dude, Kristian Fjermestad, and thanks to my designer Asbjørn Jensen, the directors Stian Kristiansen og Arild Andresen, and Motlys and Yngve Sæther for making films of my books.

For invaluable information, I thank investigator Eldfrid Vestbø at Stavanger Police Station, lawyer Anne Kroken, inmates and workers at Åna Prison, pupils and teachers at Gosen School, and everyone else who so generously shared and listened.

A big round of applause to my colleagues: Karl Ove Knausgård for years of inspiring friendship and reading, Jo Nesbø for advice and interesting talks, Frode Grytten for so much support and joy, and Tønes and Janove Ottesen for all those great songs.

It often feels as if my energy comes from listening to music. I’d like to take the opportunity to thank a handful of artists who have meant so much over the years: Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie, Ray Davies, The Flaming Lips, David Sylvian, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, Bob Hund, Depeche Mode, XTC.

Without family, there would be no great books. Thanks to my lovely mother, Mirjam Elisabeth Renberg, to my beautiful children, Petra and Allan, to all the cowboys and Indians in my family, and to my shimmering girlfriend, Hilde.

First and foremost, thanks to my great readers. You are the reason.

(And thanks to the Tjensvoll Gang. You sure did frighten us back then. You wrote this.)