Janne Teller (b. 1964) is a Danish novelist of Austrian-German family origins. Before in 1995 devoting herself full time to fiction writing, she worked for the UN and EU with conflict resolution and humanitarian issues in many countries around the world, particularly in Africa. Presently, she resides in New York. Janne Teller has received numerous literary grants and awards over the years. In addition to novels for adults, she has written essays and short stories as well as various texts for young people. Her literature that always circles around the larger questions in life and human civilization, often sparks controversial and heated debate. Her novels include the contemporary Nordic saga, Odin’s Island (1999), the prize-winning existential cross-over novel Nothing (2000) that is already considered a neo-classic by critics in many countries, Europe (2004) about European identity and the binds of history in love and war; and Come (2008) about ethics in art and life. Janne Teller’s literature is today translated into a total of 14 languages.
