Frida Nilsson | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Hardemo, Sweden |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Swedish |
Nationality | Swedish |
Frida Nilsson (born 1979) is a Swedish children’s writer whose first book was published in 2004.[1] She has won numerous international shortlistings and prizes, including the August Prize,[2] the German Youth Literature Prize,[3] Expressens Heffaklump (2015)[4] and the Astrid Lindgren Prize.[5] She was recently chosen as one of the best emerging writers in Europe under 39 (Hay Festival’s Aarhus 39, 2017).[6] Nilsson’s writing is characterised by playfulness and sincerity. She has been compared to Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren.