Authors
Kerstin Ekman
Kerstin Ekman (b. 1933) debuted in 1959 as a crime writer. In 1978 she was elected to the Swedish Nobel Academy, and left her chair in 1989. Her rich narratives, often rooted in the everyday, have made her one of the most widely read Swedish writers of the twentieth century. Her works are translated…
Horace Engdahl
Horace Engdahl is one of Sweden’s most prominent literary figures, and in 1999 he was elected to be Secretary of The Swedish Academy, a position he held for 10 years. He has written several essay collections on literature, dramatic writing and poetry and has also translated plays by Heinrich von Kle…
Magnus Fridh
Magnus Fridh (b. 1970) grew up in Karlshamn, Blekinge, in southern Sweden. Magnus discovered meditation in his teenage years, and through academic studies in Indology, specialising in Tibetan language and culture, he gained an in-depth knowledge of the subject. He regularly teaches group Ashtanga yo…
Axel Gordh Humlesjö
Axel Gordh Humlesjö (b. 1986) is an award-winning investigative reporter at SVT, Swedish Television. In 2019, he was awarded the IRE Award, Prix Europa, and an international Emmy Award for the investigative documentary Deceptive Diplomacy, which unveiled the truth about the murder of the Swedish law…
Jan Gradvall
Jan Gradvall (b. 1963) is an award-winning writer and Sweden’s most respected music journalist in the last 40 years. He has written several books on popular culture before, but says about MELANCHOLY UNDERCOVER that “[i]t feels as though everything I’ve written about music has led up to this book.”Gr…
Maria Gunther
Maria Gunther (b. 1968) is a science reporter for Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest morning newspaper. She has a PhD in particle physics and has previously worked as a climate researcher and programmer. She lives in Uppsala with her three children.
