Frida Nilsson
Frida Nilsson (born 1979) is considered one of the most talented children’s book authors in Sweden today. Her authorship is characterized by tremendous humor and great sincerity. She writes about the big questions in life – friendship, death and love – and has been compared to fellow writers such as Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren. Frida is internationally successful, and her work has been published in more than 20 languages.
Her books have been awarded Swedish and international prizes. She received the James Krüss Award for International Children’s Literature in 2019 and the LUCHS, annually awaded by Die Zeit, for her book The Thin Sword. She has been nominated for ALMA, the Deutscher Jugend Literaturpreis in Germany, and the August Prize (three times). In 2017, the International Children’s Literature Hay Festival in Aarhus selected her as one of the 39 best European children’s book authors aged 40 and under. In 2021, Frida Nilsson was awarded the newly established Swedish Academy’s prize for children’s and young adult literature.
Books by Frida Nilsson
Merry Christmas, Little Leek
God jul, Lilla Lök
by Frida Nilsson & Maria Nilsson Thore
All books, Fiction 6-9, Picture books The Land of Lindworms
Lindormars land
by Frida Nilsson
All books, Book to screen, Fiction 6-9, Fiction 9-12 The Terrible Burner. A Mystery for the Russian Kiss
Den fasansfulla brännaren. Ett mysterium för Ryska Kyssen
by Frida Nilsson
All books, Fiction 6-9 Crow’s Incredible Hitchhiking Vacation
Kråkans otroliga Liftarsemester
by Frida Nilsson
All books, Fiction 6-9 The Thin Sword
Det tunna svärdet
by Frida Nilsson
All books, Award winners, Fiction 6-9, Fiction 9-12 The Ice Sea Pirates
Ishavspirater
by Frida Nilsson
All books, Award winners, Fiction 6-9, Fiction 9-12