Dorthe Nors, is a Danish author and writer. She is the first Danish author to be published in the American magazine The New Yorker. She was born in 1970 and studied literature and art history at the University of Aarhus. After publishing three novels, she wrote Karate Chop, her collection of short stories, in 2008 and Minna Needs Rehearsal Space in 2013. She has seen her short stories in various publications, including The Boston Review, Harpers and The New Yorker, and has contributed to anthologies in Denmark and Germany. Having international acclaim, she lives in rural Jutland, Denmark.
Books in order of publication (that have been translated into English):
Karate Chop – 2008
Karate Chop & Minna Needs Rehearsal Space – 2015
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal – 2016
So Much for That Winter – 2016
Wild Swims – 2018
A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast – 2021
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