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Karin Smirnoff lives in Hertsånger, Sweden. She worked as a journalist before quitting her job to buy a wood factory. After a couple of years, she wrote her debut novel, My Brother, which was discovered on the slush pile. It became a critically acclaimed bestseller and has since been shortlisted for the prestigious August prize, translated into eleven languages, and optioned for TV by the producers behind The Bridge. Dr Anna Paterson used to work as a neuroscientist and is now a writer and an award-winning translator from the Germanic languages into English. Her own recent writing has focused on the relationship between literature and environmental issues. |
