Jessika Gedin, (born 12 April 1970 in

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) is a Swedish book publisher and radio/television presenter. She founded the publishing company Koala Press and Tivoli publishing together with her sister Eva Gedin. She has worked as a literary translator and has been in the jury for the August award. As a radio presenter Jessika Gedin is known for the show ''Spanarna'' at

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P1. On 29 June 2007 Gedin was a "Sommarpratare" in the Sveriges Radio show

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. She became a television presenter when she started presenting the SVT show Babel in March 2012. She is also known for participating in the SVT entertainment show

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and as a guest panelist on Gomorron Sverige since 1993. Jessika Gedin is the daughter of translator Lena Fries-Gedin and niece of the book publisher Per I. Gedin. She is in a relationship with the artist

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. The couple has one daughter together who was born in 2004.

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: ''Livet efter Gud'' (''Life after God'') (Koala press, 1995) *

Alan Warner Alan Warner (born 1964) is a Scottish novelist who grew up in Connel, near Oban. His notable novels include '' Morvern Callar'' and ''The Sopranos'' – the latter being the inspiration for the play '' Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour'' and its ...

: ''Morvern Callar'' (''Morvern Callar'') (Tivoli, 1999) *Douglas Coupland: ''Tio noveller'' (Tivoli, 2000) *

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...

: ''Voodooflickan och andra rysarsagor för vuxna'' (översatt tillsammans med Stephen Farran-Lee) (voli, 2001) *

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: ''Nr tolv'' (''Twelve'') (Tivoli, 2003) *Douglas Coupland: ''Hej Nostradamus!'' (''Hey Nostradamus!'') (Norstedt, 2004)

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