Jan Christopher Næss

Jan Christopher Næss was born in England in 1964. He moved to Norway as a 7-year-old and grew up in the Frogner borough of Oslo. He lived for many years in the town of Marker in the county of Østfold, but has since returned to Oslo. He was educated as a Norwegian teacher and still does so part-time, having debuted as an author in 1999. Næss also works as a translator and has been an instructor, actor and playwright for the amateur theatre. He was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize for his last novel, It Starts with Sex and Ends with Death.

Bibliography (published by Gyldendal)

Wild Animals in Town (children's book 2016)

In His Sleep He Resembled a Child (novel 2014)

Facing the Moon (novel 2010)

Revenge (YA novel 2009)

It Starts with Sex and Ends with Death (novel 2007)

The Pudding Man and the Three Sisters Whose Names All Began With B (children's book 2006)

Fiat (novel 2004)

Selma and the Ballet Monster (children's book 2006)

Jotapata. An Antique Story (novel 2001)

Me and My Beloved Ones (novel 1999)