Jo Nesbø (] ; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian writer, musician, former economist and reporter.
 As of March 2014 more than 3 million copies of his novels have been sold in Norway, and his work has been translated into over 40 languages, selling 30 million copies worldwide.
 Nesbø is primarily known for his crime novels about Inspector Harry Hole, but he is also the main vocalist and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre.
 In 2007 Nesbø also released his first children's book, "Doktor Proktors Prompepulver" (English translation: "Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder").
 The 2011 film "Headhunters" is based on Nesbø's novel "Hodejegerne (The Headhunters)".
Popstars: Girls forever is the ninth season of Popstars (Germany), in which young aspiring female singers/dancers competed in order to claim their spots to make it into the next girl group.
 The contestants, who also lived together during the course of the series, were groomed and judged by choreographer Detlef D!
 Soost, and were judged on their vocal and dancing ability by manager Thomas Stein, who had previously been a judge on the first two seasons of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", and "Die Happy"-singer Marta Jandová, who is also about to write songs for the final band.
 This is the format for the ninth season of the Popstars (Germany) series, focusing mostly on female dancers/singers, looking for fame in the music industry.
 This season's catch phrase is "Follow the Star".
 The season's promotional songs were Gabriella Cilmi's "On a Mission" redeemed by Monrose with "This Is Me", which also serves as the opening theme.
The Players was a Madagascar musical band in the 1970s.
 They gained more fame when Eusèbe Jaojoby commonly known by his surname Jaojoby joined the band for experimental blending of Western and Malagasy musical elements becoming a definitive period for Jaojoby and the band and the advancement of the modern salegy genre.
 Earlier Jaojoby had been in Los Matadores, but left them in 1975 for a desire for greater freedom to write songs and further develop the syncretic modern salegy style with The Players, who were willing to take more risks with music.
 The band was managed by a Chinese shopkeeper who provided them with a sound system and generator.
 The band toured northwestern Madagascar for the next four years with increasing success, recording two 45rpm singles and performing in Mahajanga, Diego-Suarez and other towns and villages throughout the region before disbanding in 1979.
Slender Means (2003–2010) was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington.
 Their debut album, "Neon & Ruin" on Mt. Fuji Records, was released Tuesday, August 23, 2005 on Mt. Fuji Records.
 In 2007 they put out a five-song E.P. containing previously unreleased material and a live track from the 90.3 KEXP show, Audio Oasis.
 On November 15, 2009 they released their 2nd LP "Adrift In The Cosmos."
 The writing of their 3rd LP came to an abrupt halt at the end of 2010 when the band decided to take an extended hiatus until finally announcing they had officially broken up.
 Some of the other members are still busy playing in other projects.
 Eric Wennberg had a project called Mal de Mer, and more recently joined up with The Young Evils.
 Eric and Josh and Paul have also been recording some material in a new project called, Timbre Barons.
 Paul Pugliese is playing in the surfy, gypsy jazz trio "Johnny NordstrUm and the Retailers."
 Dave E. Martin joined up with the Pop/Rock band Black Whales in September opf 2010.
 He was asked to fill in on keyboards for a show after Mike Bayer decided to leave the band to focus on his other music projects.
 Black Whales released their debut full-length record "Shangri-La Indeed!
"on June 28, 2011.
 Martin contributed keyboards to 6 tracks and a musical saw track that was looped at the beginning of the album's opening song.
 Sonny Votolato recently played bass on his brother Rocky's "Television Of Saints" record.
 In March 2012, Sonny, Paul and Dave reunited to form the new band "Bye Gones" with Drummer Abdon Valdez.
 Their first show was played at Sweet Lou's in North Seattle on August 18, 2012.
 Bye Gones was a very short lived project and came to an end around October 2012.
 However, Martin has continued to write songs for yet another project under the moniker, Ghost Pains along with Absolute Monarchs drummer Michael Stubz.
Better Than Home is the seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Beth Hart.
 Hart's husband and her manager convinced her to work with the production team of Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens, whom she had met when she performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012.
 Hart had worked with Kevin Shirley for her last three albums, but she was persuaded to try a different team and go a different direction.
 The production team challenged Hart to leave behind the darker themes and to "write more about my joy and what I believe in and what my love is."
 Hart was pushed to write songs that came from a different source, from when she was happy or having a good time.
 One song on the album, "Tell Her You Belong to Me", took her a year and a half to write.
Abacab is the eleventh studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis, released on 18 September 1981 in the United Kingdom by Charisma Records and 24 September 1981 in the United States by Atlantic Records.
 After their 1980 tour in support of their previous album, "Duke" (1980), the band took a break before they reconvened in 1981 to write and record a new album.
 "Abacab" is the first Genesis album recorded at The Farm, a recording studio bought by the group in Chiddingfold, Surrey.
 It marked the band's development from their progressive roots into more accessible and pop-oriented songs, and their conscious decision to write songs unlike their previous albums.
Kashy Keegan (born Matthew Kashy Keegan, 18 July 1983) is a British singer-songwriter.
 He is best known for writing songs with an uplifting and inspirational message like This Is My Dream (song) which has been described as an anthem for overcoming adversity.
 In an interview with CD Baby he described his motivation for writing songs: "My intention for writing songs has been the same from day one.
 That’s to try and write songs with a message of encouragement and empowerment, as those are the type of songs that inspired my deep appreciation for music and what have kept me going over the years.
 I think it’s really important, especially in current times, that music helps us get from day to day and gives listeners hope."
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981 on Anthem Records.
 After touring to support their previous album, "Permanent Waves" (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with co-producer Terry Brown.
 They continued to write songs with a more radio friendly format, featuring tighter song structures and songs of shorter length compared to their early albums.
The Devil's Star (Norwegian: "Marekors" , literally "The Nightmare Cross", 2003) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the fifth in the Harry Hole series.
 An English-translated version of the book named "The Devil's Star" was translated by Don Bartlett.
Cesáreo Gabaráin (April 30, 1936 – April 20, 1991) was a Spanish priest and composer of liturgical songs such as "Pescador de hombres" ("Fisher of Men").
 He received a Gold Record award in Spain, and his music is well known and sung by English and Spanish speaking people.
 Gabaráin became a hymn-writer when he was thirty and went on to write about five hundred songs.
 He tried to write songs that were easy to learn and be sung by the entire congregation.
 His hymns support moments of personal and communal prayer and praise to God.

Question: What band does the author of The Devil's Star write songs for?
Answer: Di Derre