Born and raised in Copenhagen, Henriette Rostrup took her MA in Modern Literature and Philosophy from University of Copenhagen. After graduation she worked in Danish and international publishing, among other things at Gyldendal Publishers in Copenhagen and at the prestigious Melanie Jackson Agency LLC in New York City.

She made her debut in 2007 with the critically acclaimed short story collection Brood, where a couple of the stories have appeared in translation in American literary magazines, such as Bombay Review (South Asias biggest Literary Magazine), Coal Hill Review and World Literature Today. She was nominated for a Pushcart Award for the short story The Final Chapter, published in The Write Launch.

Since her debut she has published severeal critically acclaimed novels, Today and Tomorrow (2008), Shadows (2011) and A year of funerals (2015), which was longlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature and later chosen as the Aller Favorite. The Countess was published in 2023 and was shortlisted for a Mofibo/Storytell Award for best novel. In 2023 she made her debuet as a crime fiction author with Suffer the Little Children, Volume 1 in The Lost Ones-trilogy. Volume 2 – Into the Kingdom of God was published in 2024, and the last volume The Righteous Blood in 2025.

She had her debut as a children’s book author in 2018 with THE DEAD CITY-trilogy for middle graders.

She is the recipient of several grants including grants from The Danish Arts Council, King Christian the 10th Foundation, Krak’s Foundation and residencies at San Cataldo in Italy.