Mons Lie (5 May 1864 – 1931) was a Norwegian writer. He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie (1833–1908) and Thomasine Henriette Lie (1833–1907). He was a brother of

Michael Strøm Lie Michael Strøm Lie (20 December 1862 – 9 July 1934) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie (1833–1908) and Thomasine Henriette Lie (1833–1907). He was a brother of Erik Lie and write ...

and writer

Erik Lie Erik Lie is a Norwegian finance professor at the University of Iowa who published a report about options backdating that led to many investigations by the SEC into the potentially illegal practice. He was the subject of profile in '' Business W ...

, and through the latter an uncle of Nazi Jonas Lie. On the maternal side he was a nephew of Erika (Nissen) and

Ida Lie Ida or IDA may refer to: Astronomy *Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter *243 Ida, an asteroid * International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station Computing * Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a tech ...

, and a first cousin of Erika Lie, Karl Nissen, painter Jonas Lie and

Eyolf Soot Eyolf Soot (24 April 1859 – 30 August 1928) was a Norwegian painter. Biography Eyolf Soot was born in Aremark in Østfold, Norway. He was the grandson of engineer and canal builder, Engebret Soot. Large parts of childhood were spent ...

and a first cousin once removed of Botten Soot.Uddrag af Slægttavlen
/ref> On the paternal side he was a first cousin of

Bernt Lie Bernt Bessesen Lie (13 July 1868 – 14 July 1916) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in Mandal as a son of stipendiary magistrate Emil Bernhard Lie (1836–1891) and Nicoline Bessesen. Through his sister Ida, he was the brother-in-law of Gje ...

and

Vilhelm Lie Vilhelm Gabriel Heiberg Lie (1877 – 1935) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was a son of Emil Bernhard Lie (1836–1891), a brother of Bernt Lie and a nephew of writer Jonas Lie. His father was a first cousin of Erika (Nissen) and Ida Lie, an ...

, and a first cousin once removed of

Emil Lie Emil Lie (29 July 1897 – 3 August 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor. Lie was born in Berchtesgaden to novelist Bernt Lie and Hedvig Mariboe Aubert. He was married three times, and among his fathers-in-law were ship owner Lars Christensen and ...

and

Nils Lie Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

. His literary debut was ''Streif'' in 1894, and he wrote novels, short stories, poems and plays. The novel ''Man Overboard'' (1904) is regarded as his best work.

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