Unni Turrettini

Unni Turrettini
BornUnni Fredheim
(1972-07-08) July 8, 1972 (age 52)
Kautokeino, Norway
OccupationNovelist, author, public speaker, human connection expert
Period1990–present
Genrenonfiction
SpouseSamuel Turrettini
Website
unniturrettini.com

Unni Turrettini (born Unni Fredheim; July 8, 1972) is a writer, lawyer, citizen activist, international speaker and human connection expert.[1][2][3][4][5] She was born in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.[6]

Her first book The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight, published on November 15, 2015, is the story of Anders Behring Breivik and the Norway Massacre on July 22, 2011.[7] The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer is an Amazon best seller and won the Silver Falchion Award for best adult non-fiction in 2016.[8][9]

She is also co-author of Once Upon a Fact, a collection of short-fiction stories inspired by famous fairytales.[10]

Turrettini’s book Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize was published on November 3, 2020.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Life and career

Turrettini was born and raised in Norway. She graduated high school as an AFS exchange student at Shawnee Mission South High School, a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas, in 1989–1990, as well as from Drammen Gymnas, Norway in 1992. She holds a Cand. jur. Degree in law from the University of Oslo Law Faculty (1999) and has an LL.M. in American Law from Boston University School of Law. She is also a member of The New York Bar. She worked as a lawyer in Paris, France from 1999 to 2004 and in finance in Geneva, Switzerland from 2005 to 2008.[18]

After Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 and injured hundreds more in Norway in 2011, Turrettini started researching the massacre in search of a sense of understanding. Part of her research involved speaking with experts, including former FBI Special Agent Kathleen M. Puckett who was involved in the investigation that lead to the capture of Ted Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber, in 1995.[19]

Turrettini has participated in several TEDx Talk events, including TEDx Institut Le Rosey[20] and TEDx Youngstown.[21] Other presentations by Turrettini include talks at the Occidental College Mckinnon Center for Global Affairs,[22] the University of California, Berkeley[23] and The American-Scandinavian Foundation's Scandinavia House headquarters in New York City.[24] She was featured on KMPH-TV Fox News in Fresno, California discussing her book The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer.[25] On November 11, 2020, C-SPAN broadcast a segment with Turrettini that examined the Nobel Peace Prize election committee and history from her perspective, with information from her book Betraying the Nobel.[26]

Bibliography

  • Unni Turrettini and Kathleen M. Puckett. The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight. New York: Pegasus Books, 2015. ISBN 9781605989105
  • Katherine Tomlinson, co-authored by Unni Turrettini. Once Upon a Fact. Wildside Press, May 25, 2018. ISBN 978-1479438310
  • Unni Turrettini. Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize. New York: Pegasus Books, 2020. ISBN 9781643135649

References

  1. ^ Kraley, Paul T. "The Writing Life: 10 Questions for Unni Turrettini". Medium. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "CONTRIBUTOR Unni Turrettini". HuffPost. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (September 22, 2016). "'The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer' Author Unni Turrettini Talks Preventing Terrorism, New Peace Prize Book". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Hartman, Mitchell (March 1, 2023). "The cost of loneliness: Social isolation holds back workers and costs employers billions". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Speranza, Joelle. "How To Set Yourself Up With Less Stress in 2022 According To The Experts". littlethings.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Thune, Gru (February 26, 2023). "Ensomhet: keg lot som jet Ike var ensom". Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Pegasus Books: The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer". Pegasus Books. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  8. ^ Scribes Unlimited. "Unni Turrettini's Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer Wins 2016 Award For Adult Non-Fiction". PRLOG. PRLOG.ORG. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards – 2016". nightstandbookreviews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  10. ^ Tomlinson, Katherine (May 25, 2018). Once Upon a Fact. Wildside Press. ISBN 978-1479438310.
  11. ^ "Betraying the Nobel The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize". Pegasus Books. Pegasus Books. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  12. ^ Turrettini, Unni (November 3, 2020). Betraying the Nobel The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize. Penguin Books. ISBN 9781643135649.
  13. ^ MacDougall, Clair (October 10, 2020). "As the Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to the World Food Program, Famines Loom". PassBlue: Independent Coverage of the UN. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Dominic (January 9, 2021). "The Farce of the Nobel Peace Prize". The Spectator. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  15. ^ Linge, Mary Kaye (October 30, 2020). "Trump has met the criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize — but he still won't win it". New York Post. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  16. ^ Garver, Rob (December 11, 2021). "Nobel Peace Prize Critics Say Award Had Drifted From Supporting Peace". No. Europe. Voice of America. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  17. ^ Guion, Anne (December 10, 2020). "Le prix Nobel de la paix a-t-il vraiment un sens?". La Vie. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  18. ^ Amaras, Paola K.; Kraly, Paul (September 27, 2016). "Unni Turrettini: Profile of an Author". HuffPost. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  19. ^ ITW (December 31, 2015). "LATEST BOOKS, TRUE CRIME The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer by Unni Turrettini". The Big Thrill. ITW.
  20. ^ "Theme: Spark". TED. March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  21. ^ "Unni Turrettini (LLM'03) delivers TED Talk, "Scissors and Guns and the Lies We Believe"". BU School of Law Alumini News. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  22. ^ "A Conversation with Unni Turrettini". Oxy: Occidental College. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  23. ^ "HOME-GROWN TERRORISM AND THE LONE KILLER PHENOMENON: A DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR UNNI TURRETTINI". scanadavian.berkeley.edu. University of California, Berkeley – Scandinavian. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  24. ^ "The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Book Talk with Unni Turrettini". scandinaviahouse.org. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  25. ^ "Norwegian Author on Great Day". kmph.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  26. ^ "Betraying the Nobel". c-span.org. Retrieved August 22, 2021.