Oskar Jensen
Oskar Jensen writes crime,
literary, historical, and children’s fiction.
His non-fiction focuses upon the history of song
and street culture. He is represented by Joanna Swainson.
Book
Helle’s Hound
Solving a murder is no walk in the park...
Dame Charlotte Lazerton – eminent art historian and mentor of Danish academic Torben Helle – is dead. And to make things worse, she was found partially eaten by her Irish wolfhound, Mortimer. While the police believe that she died of natural causes, Torben becomes convinced that Charlotte was murdered, although as usual no one pays any attention to him. That is, until he gains the confidence of a policeman who has watched too many Nordic Noir television shows and is ready to listen to any Scandinavian in a fetching woolly jumper…
Jensen is the real deal
— The Times
Oskar Jensen
Novelist, Historian, BBC New Generation Thinker
Oskar read his three degrees in History at Christ Church, Oxford, before taking up postdoctoral fellowships in London and Norwich. In 2023 he was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Oskar is a NUAcT Fellow at Newcastle University and makes regular appearances on BBC Radios 3 and 4.
