Dr. Gabriella Svanberg (b. 1973) is a certified psychologist and specialist in neuropsychology with over twenty-five years experience. She has worked in psychiatry and leadership development within the medical field and is passionate about making brain science practically useful in everyday life. The Brain
Potential is her first book.

Alice Vånner (b. 1997) is part of a new generation of romance writers and with her debut Too Lucky for Love, she has taken the Swedish romance landscape and readers by storm. She is from Gothenburg where she lives with her fiancée and their dog.

Niklas Rådström (b. 1953) is one of Sweden’s most prominent authors. He is also a poet and a playwright and has throughout the years received several notable awards, including the August Prize in 1992.

Soraya Bay (b 1994) grew up in Stockholm, where she is still based. She is working as a communications strategist aside from her writing. Cornucopia is her debut.

Gunnar Ardelius (born 1981) lives in Uppsala. He made his debut in 2006 with the YA novel
I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You So Very Much, which was nominated for the August Prize and received the Slangbellan Award. Since 2022, Ardelius has also served as Secretary General of the Swedish Museums’ Association.

Kristina Ahlström (b. 1960) is a Swedish author and trained chef, educated at a restaurant school in Paris in the 1980s. She has worked in professional kitchens, schools, and culinary education. A passionate baker and former contestant on The Great Swedish Bake Off, she made her debut in 2022 with Hanna’s Sweet Deli, the first novel in her popular feel-good series.

Johanna Holmström (born 1981) made her breakthrough with the award-winning short story collection Camera Obscura in 2009. In 2022, her short story collection Handbook for Lucid Dreaming was published and nominated for the Runeberg Prize, and in 2023 she received the Karin Boye Literary Award. In 2024, Johanna Holmström made her debut as a suspense writer with the novel The Wolf Cub.

Helle Mogensen is an author and journalist. Her first novel, Children of the Sea (2019), about psychologist Anne Lebæk, was well received and called ‘much more than a crime novel.’ Since then she has written Maelstrom, Storm Surge, and Rising Tide. Helle Mogensen grew up in Nuuk and a village in Central Jutland. She lives with her daughter on the Limfjord island of Mors in North Jutland.

Birger Emanuelsen (b. 1982) is from Tromøya. His debut For riket er ditt (For the Kingdom Is
Yours, 2012) was hailed as one of the best books of the year. Since then, he has published a number of critically acclaimed novels, essays, and the non-fiction book Før de forsvinner (Before They Disappear, 2024). He has received the Sørlandet Literature Prize and the Youth Critics’ Prize.

Cecilie Buhl (b. 1993) is a journalist educated at Columbia University and has worked in the film industry as a development producer at Miso Film. She is currently the host and producer of the podcast Ude af Kurs, where she interviews famous Danes about their lives.