 In 1988, Christian Dorph was admitted at the Forfatterskolen (a 2-year artistic education) in Copenhagen.He has studied Danish literature at the Aarhus University, and today he teach creative writing classes at Testrup Højskole.Along with his author colleague Simon Pasternak Christian Dorph is writing a series of crime novels that all take place in the last fourth of the twentieth century and in which historical events and people play a crucial role.