Oskar Jensen writes crime, literary, historical, and children’s fiction. His non-fiction focuses upon the history of song and street culture. He is a BBC New Generation Thinker and was shortlisted for the 2023 Wolfson History Prize.

His ongoing, critically-acclaimed murder mystery series stars Danish detective Torben Helle.

Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London was named Foreword Magazine’s Indie History Book of the Year and a book of the year by The Times and The New Yorker.

Oskar is also Reader in Song at Newcastle University, UK; a broadcaster; and a historical advisor (amongst other things) for film and television. Find out more at oskarcoxjensen.com.