Background
He is a grandson of literary critic Philip Houm, and grew up at Jar except for some years in the United States.
He is a grandson of literary critic Philip Houm, and grew up at Jar except for some years in the United States.
He studied at the writers" course at Telemark University College, and later lived at Grønland, Oslo before buying a small farm in Sylling.
In 2013 he released De håpefulle, an ambitious 700-page family saga which was compared by Norwegian critics to The Corrections. He is also a part-time editor for the publishing house Cappelen Damm.