Jon Ewo

{{Short description|Norwegian author (born 1957)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age | 1957|6|29| df=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = novelist, short story writer, crime fiction writer and children's writer

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| awards = {{unbulleted list | Brage Prize ( 2007) }}

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Jon Ewo ( born 29 June 1957) is a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, crime fiction writer and children's writer. He was born in Oslo and educated as librarian. He made his literary debut in 1986 with the short story collection Det sies at oktober er en fin måned. His crime novels include Torpedo (1996), Hevn. Torpedo II (1997) and Gissel. Torpedo III (1998).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Ewo |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jon_Ewo |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 June 2018}}

He received the Brage Prize in 2007 for the biography Fortellingen om et mulig drap (jointly with illustrator Bjørn Ousland.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Braheprisen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Brageprisen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 June 2018}}