Michael Grundt Spang (14 June 1931 – 13 November 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, crime reporter and crime fiction writer. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1955, and for Verdens Gang from 1970. His novel Operasjon V for vanvidd from 1968 was basis for a film from 1970. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1985 for his crime novel Spionen som lengtet hjem (). References 1931 births 2003 deaths People from Mandal, Norway Dagbladet people Verdens Gang people Norwegian crime writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian crime fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian journalists