Ulf Nilsson Author

Ulf Nilsson (1948-2021) was a multi-award-winning Swedish author who wrote nearly 140 children's books. He won the renowned August prize twice -- the only children's author to do so -- and the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2006. For many years he was president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Eva Eriksson was born in Halmstad in 1949 and is a graduate of Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. She is one of Europe's best-loved children's illustrators, and has worked with Ulf Nilsson, Margaret Strömstedt, Rose Lagercrantz and Eva Bexell, among others. She is especially well-known in Sweden for illustrating Barbo Lindgren's successful Max series. Eva Eriksson's work has been recognised with many awards, and in 2001 she was the recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Prize. She lives and works in Dwell, near Stockholm.