Birgitte Hesselaa teaches literature and drama at the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University Centre. She has worked for several years as dramatic consultant and script editor, partly for Danish television, partly for the Royal Theatre of Denmark, and has published articles and books on literature and drama, most recently a book (in Danish) on the work of contemporary Danish dramatist Line Knutzon (Vi lever i en tid: Line Knutzons dramatik, Copenhagen: Borgen, 2001).