osobooks@earthlink.net  Dept. of Scandinavian Studies  University of Washington  Box 353420  Seattle, WA 98195-3420

• Fiction Writer: Novels and short stories
• Freelance translator
• Co-editor: Fjord Press & Oso Books, Albuquerque, NM

Published Fiction:
Fate of Ravens, A Margit Andersson Mystery (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1998)

Runemaker, A Margit Andersson Mystery
(Seattle: Fjord Press, 1996)

Maija, A Novel (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1995)

Published Translations:
The Book about Blanche and Marie by Per Olov Enquist, tr. from Swedish (New York: Overlook, 2006; London: Harvill, 2006)

Unseen by Mari Jungstedt, tr. from Swedish (New York: St. Martin’s, 2006)

Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell, tr. from Swedish (London: Harvill: 2006)

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, with an Introduction by Jackie Wullschlager, tr. from Danish (London: Penguin/Allen Lane, 2004; New York: Viking, 2005; Deluxe Classics edition, 2006)

Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life by Jens Andersen, tr. from Danish (New York: Overlook, 2005)

Lewi’s Journey by Per Olov Enquist, tr. from Swedish (New York: Overlook, 2005)

Hans Christian Andersen: His Fairy Tale Life by Hjørdis Varmer, illustrated by Lilian Brøgger, tr. from Danish (Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005).  Selected as an ALA Notable Children’s Book.

The Ring of the Slave Prince by Bjarne Reuter, tr. from Danish (New York: Dutton, 2004)

The Royal Physician’s Visit by Per Olov Enquist, tr. from Swedish (New York: Overlook, 2001; London: Harvill, 2002).  Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2003; also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

The Unknown Sigrid Undset: Jenny & Other Works, edited and with an Introduction by Tim Page, tr. from Norwegian (South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Press, 2001); paperback edition of Jenny published September 2002.

Unwinding the Clock: Ten Thoughts on Our Relationship to Time by Bodil Jönsson, tr. from Swedish (New York: Harcourt, 2001)

The Time of Light by Gunnar Kopperud, tr. from Norwegian (London: Bloomsbury, 2000)

Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath; II: The Wife; III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset, tr. from Norwegian (New York: Penguin, 1997, 1999, 2000; Deluxe Classics edition, 2005).  The Cross won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2001.

Before You Sleep by Linn Ullmann, tr. from Norwegian (New York: Viking, 1999)

War by Klaus Rifbjerg, tr. from Danish with Steven T. Murray (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1995)

Mogens and Other Stories by Jens Peter Jacobsen, tr. from Danish (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1994)

Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, tr. from Danish (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993).  Eleven weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List; Chosen as the Best Fiction Book of 1993 by Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly.

Enemy’s Enemy by Jan Guillou, tr. from Swedish with Steven T. Murray, under pseud. Thomas Keeland (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992) Night Roamers & Other Stories by Knut Hamsun, tr. from Norwegian (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1992)

Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2: Apprenticeship by Martin Andersen Nexø, tr. from Danish with Steven T. Murray (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1991)

The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen, tr. from Danish (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1991)

Katinka by Herman Bang, tr. from Danish (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1990)

Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen, tr. from Danish (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1990; New York: Penguin Classics, 2006)

The Abduction by Mette Newth, tr. from Norwegian with Steven T. Murray (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989).  One of School Library Journal’s Best Books of 1989

Laterna Magica by William Heinesen, tr. from Danish (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1987)

The Sardine Deception by Leif Davidsen, tr. from Danish with Steven T. Murray (Seattle: Fjord Press, 1986). One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 1986

Early Spring by Tove Ditlevsen, tr. from Danish (Seattle: Seal Press, 1985; London: The Women’s Press, 1986). A Writer’s Choice/NEA selection. Finalist in the Boston Globe Literary Press Competition, 1987

Forthcoming Translations:
Gentlemen by Klas Östergren, tr. from Swedish (Canongate & MacAdam Cage)

Gangsters by Klas Östergren, tr. from Swedish (Canongate & MacAdam Cage)

Doghead by Morten Ramsland, tr. from Danish (Transworld & Thomas Dunne)

Three Cave Mountain by Per Olov Enquist, tr. from Swedish (Overlook)

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, tr. from Swedish, illustrated by Lauren Child (Oxford University Press & Penguin USA)

Professional Membership:
PEN American Center
American Literary Translators Association
SouthWest Writers