Katarina von Bredow (born 16 February 1967) is a Swedish writer.

Biography

Born in

Aneby Aneby is a locality and the seat of Aneby Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden. While the municipality has about 6500 inhabitants, half live in the central town of Aneby. The municipality lies amidst the south Swedish highlands, 45 kilometer ...

Småland Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...

on 16 February 1967, von Bredow made her literary debut in 1991 with the novel for young adults, ''Syskonkärlek''. Further books are ''Knappt lovlig'' from 1996, ''Som om ingenting'' (1999), and ''Bara inte du'' (2009). She has written the trilogy ''Du & jag'', ''Hon & han'', and ''Han & dom'' (2013 to 2015), and a second trilogy, ''Ellinor'', ''Leo'' and ''Viktor'' (2018 to 2019). She was awarded the

Astrid Lindgren Prize The Astrid Lindgren-priset, or Astrid Lindgren Prize in English, is a Swedish literary award for children's literature named after the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 200 ...

in 2013.

References

1967 births Living people People from Småland 21st-century Swedish women writers {{sweden-writer-stub