Saskia Maria Desiree Vogel (born September 17, 1981) is an American author and translator. ''Permission'', her debut novel, was published in English, Spanish, Italian, and Swedish in 2019 and has been optioned for television. She has translated leading Swedish authors such as

Karolina Ramqvist Annika "Karolina" Virtanen Ramqvist (born 8 November 1976) is a prominent Swedish journalist and best-selling author. Ramqvist's novels explore "contemporary issues of sexuality, commercialization, isolation and belonging". The Swedish newspaper ...

Katrine Marcal Katrina or Katrine may refer to: People * Katrina (given name) * Katrine (given name) Meteorology *List of storms named Katrina, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Katrina ** Hurricane Katrina, an exceptionally powerful Atlantic hurricane ...

Johannes Anyuru Johannes Anyuru (born 23 March 1979) is a Swedish poet and author. Biography Anyuru was born in Borås. His father is from Uganda and his mother is Swedish. He debuted in 2003 with ''Det är bara gudarna som är nya'' (Only The Gods Are New) ...

and

Rut Hillarp Rut Gunhild Hillarp (21 February 1914 – 11 November 2003) was a Swedish poet and novelist. She is remembered for her modernist poetry evoking the difficulties of achieving sexual relationships in a man's world. Biography Born in Lund in the sou ...

. Vogel has written on the themes of gender, power and sexuality, and her translations and writing have appeared in publications such as ''

Granta ''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and ma ...

'', ''Guernica'', ''

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'', ''The Offing'', ''Paris Review Daily'', and ''

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''. She received an honorable mention from the Pushchart Prize in 2017 for her "Sluts", first published by ''The Offing''. Her translation of Lina Wolff's ''The Polyglot Lovers'' (published by And Other Stories, 2019) won the English PEN Translates Award. In 2018, her translation of Karolina Ramqvist's ''The White City'' was shortlisted for the Petrona Award. She has lived in Sweden, the UK and the US and currently resides in

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, Germany.

Translated works

* ''The summer of Kim Novak'' by

Håkan Nesser Håkan Nesser (born 21 February 1950) is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly but not only crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel ''Carambole'' won the pre ...

. 2015. * ''Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?'' by Katrine Marçal. 2015. * ''All Monsters Must Die: An Excursion to North Korea'' by Magnus Bärtås and Fredrik Ekman. 2015. * ''The Anatomy of Inequality'' by Per Molander. 2016. * ''The White City'' by

. 2017. * ''Acts of Infidelity'' by Lena Andersson. 2018. * '' They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears'' by

. 2019. * ''The Polyglot Lovers'' by Lina Wolff. 2019. * ''And In the Vienna Woods The Trees Remain'' by Elisabeth Åsbrink. 2020. * ''Many People Die Like You'' by Lina Wolff. 2020. * (co-translated with Paul Norlen) ''Our House Is on Fire'' by

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

Malena Ernman Sara Magdalena Ernman (born 4 November 1970) is a Swedish opera singer. Besides operas and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals. She is a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Ernman repres ...

et al. 2020. * ''Girls Lost'' by Jessica Schiefauer. 2020. * ''October Child'' by Linda Boström Knausgård. 2021. * ''The Bear Woman'' by Karolina Ramqvist. 2022.

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