{"id":2443,"date":"2016-01-19T13:38:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T13:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kennethboeghandersen.dk\/biografi\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:21:02","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kennethboeghandersen.dk\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tBiography\nI was born in Denmark\u00a0on a dark and stormy night in November\u00a01976 &#8230;\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennethboeghandersen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/kba_5_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p>&#8230; and I began writing when I was a teenager. My first book was a really awful horror novel titled Nidhug&#8217;s Slaves. It didn&#8217;t get published. Luckily.<\/p>\n<p>During the next 7 years, I wrote nearly 20 novels&#8211;all of which were rejected&#8211;while working as a school teacher. The rest of the time I spent writing.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000 I published my first novel, <em>The Battle of Ca\u00efssa<\/em>, and that&#8217;s when things really took off. Since then I&#8217;ve published more than fifty books for children and young adults in genres ranging from fantasy to horror and science fiction.<\/p>\n<p>My books have been translated into more than 15 languages and my series about the superhero Antboy has been adapted for film, which is available on Netflix. An animated tv series is currently in development. A musical of The Devil&#8217;s Apprentice opened in the fall 2018.<\/p>\n<p>I live in Copenhagen with my wife, two boys, and spiders in the basement.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWork\t<\/h3>\n\t<h3>2025<\/h3>\nValhalla 1 &#8211; Land of the Gods<br \/>\nThe Last Magic Trick\n<h3>2024<\/h3>\nVilla Tempus<br \/>\nGrimm Retold &#8211; Collected stories\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\nDracula Retold<br \/>\n78 degrees<br \/>\nDanish Mythical Beings &#8211; A Bestiary\n<h3>2022<\/h3>\nJekyll &amp; Hyde Retold<br \/>\nFelix and the N\u00e4ck\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\nFrankenstein Retold<br \/>\nAntboy returns 3<br \/>\nAnd you lived happily ever after\n\t<h3>2020<\/h3>\nAntboy returns 1<br \/>\nAntboy returns 2\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\nGrimm II &#8211; Stories from the Brothers Grimm retold (with writer Benni B\u00f8dker)<br \/>\nGrimm &#8211; Stories from the Brothers Grimm retold (with writer Benni B\u00f8dker)\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\nThe heart of light<br \/>\nThe search for Santa&#8217;s laughter\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\nLights out<br \/>\nMonster Lilit\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\nThe Fallen Devil &#8211; The Great Devil War VI<br \/>\nBlack Out\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Fallen Angel &#8211; The Great Devil War V<\/p>\n<h3>2014<\/h3>\n<p>Tempus Fugit<\/p>\n<h3>2013<\/h3>\n<p>The Death of Santa Claus<\/p>\n<h3>2012<\/h3>\nFrom the Dark Side<br \/>\nCompletely Wrong Number<br \/>\nAntboy 6 &#8211; Heros and Villains\n<h3>2011<\/h3>\nAntboy 5 &#8211; Slime, Snot and Super powers<br \/>\nAntboy 4 &#8211; Antboy Returns\n<h3>2010<\/h3>\n<p>The Angel of Evil &#8211; The Great Devil War IV<\/p>\n<h3>2009<\/h3>\nThe Song of Death<br \/>\nThe Wrongful Death &#8211; The Great Devil War III\n<h3>2008<\/h3>\nThe Christmas Wish<br \/>\nIt Hides in the Dark\n<h3>2007<\/h3>\nThe Dice of Death &#8211; The Great Devil War II<br \/>\nLasd Tjans<br \/>\nAntboy 3 &#8211; Let the Masks Fall<br \/>\nAntboy 2 &#8211; Operation Destiny<br \/>\nAntboy 1 &#8211; The Bite of the Ant\n<h3>2006<\/h3>\nEternal Revenge<br \/>\nA Journey through the Night II\n<h3>2005<\/h3>\nThe Devil&#8217;s Apprentice &#8211; The Great Devil War I<br \/>\nThe Hungry Painting\n<h3>2004<\/h3>\n<p>The Lord of the Sky<\/p>\n<h3>2003<\/h3>\n<p>The White Men<\/p>\n<h3>2001<\/h3>\n<p>A Journey through the Night I<\/p>\n<h3>2000<\/h3>\nThe Battle of Ca\u00efssa 1<br \/>\nThe Battle of Ca\u00efssa 2<br \/>\nThe Battle of Ca\u00efssa 3\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography I was born in Denmark\u00a0on a dark and stormy night in November\u00a01976 &#8230; &#8230; and I began writing when I was a teenager. My first book was a really awful horror novel titled Nidhug&#8217;s Slaves. It didn&#8217;t get published. Luckily. 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