Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist and screenwriter.
Erlend Loe worked at a psychiatric clinic, and was later a freelance
journalist for Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen. Loe now lives and
works in Oslo where in 1998 he co-founded Screenwriters Oslo - an
office community for screenwriters.
In 1993 he debuted with the book Tatt av kvinnen (Gone with the Woman),
and a year later published a children's book, Fisken (The Fish), about
a forklift operator named Kurt. Loe has a distinctive style of writing
which is often likened to naïve art. He often uses irony, exaggeration
and humor. His children's books are illustrated by Kim Hiorthøy. Loe
has recorded many of his books as Norwegian audio books.
His popular novel Naiv. Super. (Naïve. Super.) has been translated into
over 20 languages.