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Kurt Aust is a pseudonym for Kurt Østergaard (born 6 December 1955 in Ikast, Denmark), an author and freelance writer. ^[1][2][3][4]

Østergaard trained as a teacher. He has been living in Horten in Norway since 1982.

Østergaard debuted using the name Aust as a novelist in 1999. Prior to this, he had written the script for a historically-based cartoon on the slave ship Fredensborg.

He has written several historical crime novels based on Denmark-Norway around the beginning of 18th century. Main characters in these novels are Professor Thomas af Boueberg of Copenhagen University and his Dr. Watson equivalent, the considerably less brilliant Norwegian Petter Hortten.

In 2006 he published his first contemporary novel, the thriller De usynlige brødre (The Invisible Brothers) and his first children's book Kasper & Måns. Den store kaosdagen (Kasper & Måns. The Great Day of Chaos).

Kurt Østergaard is married to the artist Kin Wessel (Ann-Carin Wessel). She has co-illustrated the comic about Fredensborg and the children’s book Kasper & Måns. Den store kaosdagen.

[edit] Bibliography

• Slave Ship Fredensborg (comics, 1997, together with Kin Wessel and Leif Salvesen)
• Vredens days (1999)
• Den tredje sannhet ('The Third Truth', crime novel, 2001)
• Hjemsøkt ('Home Session', crime novel, 2003)
• Kongefrykt (crime novel, 2004)
• De usynlige brødre ('The Invisible Brothers', crime novel, 2006)
• Kasper & Måns. Den store kaosdagen ('Kasper & Måns. The Great Day of Chaos', children's book, 2006, with Kin Wessel)
• Kaos and currently purity (crime novel, 2008)

[edit] Awards

• Aschehougs debutant scholarships 1999, for Vredens days
• Rivertonprisen 2003, for Hjemsøkt
• Glass Key award 2004, for Hjemsøkt

[edit] References