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About
Sara Bergmark Elfgren is an renowned Swedish writer, scriptwriter and playwright.
Her novel Ö (Island) has received great acclaim from critics and readers alike and has been translated to several languages.
Island is an extraordinary thriller where the expected never happens and the fictional seems real. A chamber play about life and death where betrayal, regret, love and hate reach a boiling point.
Niklas Natt och Dag (author of 1793, 1794 and 1795)
Together with illustrator Johan Egerkrans she created the wonderful Christmas themed children’s book Julstjärnan (The Christmas Star) which instantly reached the hearts of readers across the world, old and young alike.
The Christmas Star is a truly magical Christmas tale […] Wizards and witches may pose threats, as do cold and poverty. But the stars are dancing in the sky, and the light shines warmly in the cottage for those who come home. Could one wish for more from a Christmas book?
Dagens Nyheter
Praise for Bergmark Elfgren’s earlier novels:
An atmospheric, heady, ambiguous mystery.
Kirkus Reviews on Grim
The Nordic Council’s Prize for Children and Young People’s Literature nomination for In Dreams (Norra Latin):
Norra Latin is a profound work in which Sara Bergmark Elfgren weaves history, myth, and magic into day-to-day realism. In engaging narrative, she gives flesh and blood to the anxiety and dreams of today’s teenagers and their struggle to stand on their own two feet instead of in the shadows of others.
Nordic Council’s Prize for Children and Young People’s Literature 2018
Elfgren has cowritten the Engelsfors series with Mats Strandberg. It was been translated to close to 30 languages. The first book, The Circle, was made into a movie. Bergmark. Elfgren co-wrote the screenplay with acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced, Crossing).
The Circle ensnares you from the start, with all the epic mayhem and darkness of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and with teen characters as rich and nuanced as any reader could hope for. It’s an utterly convincing world, and a resonant one, and we find ourselves wanting to follow its heroes anywhere.
Megan Abbott
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Sara Bergmark Elfgren is currently working on several projects, on her own as well in collaboration with others.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, watching old movies, listening to music, going for walks in her hometown Stockholm, spending time with family and friends and eating tasty vegan food.
Sara is represented by Grand Agency.
