On my way home from the Swedish bookfair. It’s been such a magical time, and I’m so lucky to get to meet all of the authors, readers and other magical people in my extended family. ❤️🙌 And just at the end I got the most surreal experience. I got praised for my novel by a person that I deeply admire, and as I was taking that in she tells me that she left her copy of Blynätter in Neil Gaiman’s library. I was too stunned to take that in. (I maxed out my fan-girling meeting her, I think.) But today I woke up to the thought of how wickedely cool that is. And @neilhimself , I guess you don’t read Swedish, but art is universal, and @custombysophy (the genious behind the cover art) would be the perfect artist to illustrate a dark and twisted tale, just saying. 😉❤️
I just can’t believe how beautiful the cover of my new novel turned out. Way better than I imagined! 😍 Such delight to work with @custombysophy . Seriously, check her things out. Most of it weird, and eiry and wonderful. ❤️ And the novel? It’s called Blynätter (”Nights of Lead”, yeah as in the metal) and marks the start of a series where I’ve drawn inspiration from my part of the world during a period when voices were being raised about how some were filthy rich and others dirt poor. I’ve twisted it a fair bit in creating Näsvik, a place of crooks and judges, riches and filth. And magical relics used to run machinery and people alike... In stores 26th of August. Only in Swedish, sadly.
Happy book birthday to me. 😉 Today I got my copies of my two new novels. They’re meant for anybody (aged 14 and up) who needs a book that is easy to read. The books are the first two in a series about a high school basketball team (mixed, because that makes everything more fun). The sport is just a back-drop, though, and the books are about relationships and love. And sex. Kind of steamy sex, if I’m honest. Of course they will only be available in Swedish. Trust us to use steamy sex to get young people to read. 😆 No ”clean teen” in sight. I find it genius, and am really proud of my books. I hope they get read until they fall apart. 💕💕💕
