Hans Carstensen

Hans Carstensen writes about stand-up as readily as he performs it. His book Bli ståuppkomiker! is billed as the first Swedish textbook on stand-up comedy and draws on interviews with established comics such as Henrik Schyffert and Johan Glans, and one of his novels goes by the title Stand-up Psycho.

On stage he performs his own show, Tänk Punk!, built around punk culture and Swedish icons like Ebba Grön; it premiered at Å-krogen in Gävle. Writing fiction came first in his career. He debuted with the thriller Efter herr van Damme, followed it with novels such as Poker Mongo, created the Höken agent series and the audiobook series Biblioteksmysterierna, and has had radio plays produced by Sveriges Radio.