Jan Christopher Næss

Jan Christopher Næss was born in England in 1964. He moved to Norway at the age of seven and grew up in Frogner in Oslo. After living for many years in Marker in Østfold, he returned to Oslo. He trained as a teacher of Norwegian, has also worked in teaching, and made his literary debut in 1999. Jan Chr. Næss is also a translator and has worked as a director, actor and writer in amateur theatre.

Adult fiction

• He Didn’t Want to Just Disappear. Novel, 2019.
• A Family in the Autumn. Novel, 2017.
• In His Sleep He Resembled a Child. Novel, 2014.
• Facing the Moon. Novel, 2010.
• It Starts with Sex and Ends with Death. Novel, 2007.
• Fiat. Novel, 2004.
• Jotapata. An Antique Story. Novel, 2001.
• Me and My Beloved Ones. Novel, 1999.

Books for children and young adults

• Fæle typer. Non-fiction, 2021.
• Medeia. Young adult book, 2021.
• Et midtsommernattsmareritt. Young adult book, 2020.
• Et sted i tusenvis av år. Children’s non-fiction, 2019.
• Paradise Lost. Young adult book, 2018.
• The Neanderthals. Children’s non-fiction, 2017.
• Wild Animals in Town. Children’s non-fiction, 2016.
• Revenge. Young adult novel, 2009.
• The Pudding Man and the Three Sisters Whose Names All Began With B. Children’s book, 2006.
• Vampyr. Children’s book, 2005.
• Puddingmannen. Children’s book, 2004.
• Selma and the Ballet Monster. Children’s book, 2003.
• Stein og fossilene. Children’s book, 2002.
• Alexandria og de tre gåtene. Children’s book, 2001.

Awards

• 2007: Riksmålsforbundet’s Literature Prize for It Starts with Sex and Ends with Death.