Brian Dan Christensen (b. 1970) is a Danish-American writer and translator. He has published novels, poetry, and nonfiction, has translated such diverse writers as Garrison Keillor, Norman Mailer, Jack Kerouac, David Nicholls, Christopher Isherwood, Graham Greene, and Catherine Lacey, and has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion.
The English version of his critically acclaimed third novel, “The Road to Alberta“, a story about love, loss, sorrow and friendship, narrated by 62-year-old Howard Walker, a Vietnam vet and jack-of-all-trades, was published by Saga Egmont on Oct 1, 2024. (Kindle / Kobo).
His most recent work of nonfiction is ”One Dollar Man”, a bestselling biography (co-written with Ole Sønnichsen) of Danish turn-of-the century immigrant William S. Knudsen who served as president of General Motors and directed the Roosevelt Administration’s massive armaments production program for World War II.
Brian Dan Christensen has an M.A. in comparative literature and has studied theology. He divides his time between the Danish island Ærø and Upstate New York.
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Brian Dan Christensen 