Rikard Sommer was born in 1965, and lives in a suburb outside of Oslo, Norway with his wife. He has done a lot of different things; worked at an ice cream factory in the summer holidays, been a cab driver, served five years in the Army, sold office machines, built professional audio/video systems and travelled around the world. He also picks up the guitar or keyboard and plays in a hobby band, as he is a true fan of classic pop music. He thinks XTC is one of the best-hidden gems and The Beach Boys’ God Only Knows is the ultimate pop song, which sometimes has gotten him into deep and vivid discussions with his mates.
If Nobody Listens is his debut novel, although he has been writing most of his life. When he is not writing, he enjoys fishing and mountain trips and singing pop songs from the sixties around the campfire.
