Authors
Vilhelm Moberg
Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with the epic series The Emigrants. The four, very loved books, were published between 1949 and 1959 and deal with the Swedish emigration t…
Elisabet Nemert
Elisabet Nemert (b. 1950) writes bestselling, award-winning historical women’s fiction. Her previous novel, Blue Longing was a national bestseller and sold over 50,000 copies alone.
Håkan Nesser
Håkan Nesser (b. 1950) is one of Sweden’s most beloved and renowned authors. He divides his time between Stockholm and the island of Gotland. His books have sold over 20 million copies in more than 30 languages.
Ella-Maria Nutti
Ella-Maria Nutti (b. 1995), was born in the northern Swedish town of Gällivare and now lives in Umeå where she is studying to be a psychologist. Ella-Maria previously taught Sami and studied at Långholmen’s writing school in Stockholm. COFFEE WITH MILK is her debut novel.
Bengt Ohlsson
Bengt Ohlsson (b. 1968) had his debut 1984 with the novel I SAID, DIE LIKE A MAN. In 2004 he was awarded with the August Prize for the novel GREGORIUS, and was then nominated again in 2011 for REQUIEM FOR JOHN CUMMINGS. In 2014 SWING was released. He also writes drama, and is a well-known chronicler…
Pauline Olsson Ghoreishi
Pauline Olsson Ghoreishi (b. 1997) grew up in Knivsta and lives in Malmö. She is a journalist educated at Skurup College and has taken a writing course at Wik College. Alejandro. is her debut.
Anna-Karin Palm
Anna-Karin Palm, b. 1961, debuted as an author in 1991, with the novel The Faun. The Painter’s Daughters (1997) became her international breakthrough and was translated into eight languages.
Caterina Pascual Söderbaum
Caterina Pascual Söderbaum (1962–2015) divided her time between Sweden and Spain and worked as, among other things, a translator of Swedish literature into Spanish. Her first book, a collection of short stories entitled THE SONNET ON BREATHING (Sonetten om andningen, Lejd förlag, 2001), won Sweden’s…
Anna Platt
Anna Platt, b.1977, was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1985 she moved with her parents to Linköping, Sweden. She has studied drama in Dublin, directed short movies and has been active as a script writer for movies and television in Sweden since 2008. VI FALLER is her debut novel, published to gr…
