Author

Books by Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian author and former philosophy teacher born in 1952. He taught philosophy and literature at a gymnasium in Bergen before publishing Sophie's World in 1991. The novel was translated into more than sixty languages and sold over forty million copies, making Gaarder one of the best-selling Norwegian authors in history. He has written numerous other novels and short story collections, many of which engage with philosophical themes, including The Christmas Mystery, Through a Glass, Darkly, and Maya. He is also a co-founder of the Sophie Prize, an environmental award established in 1997.