Frida_Nilsson
Frida Nilsson
Swedish children's writer (born 1979)
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.