swedish authors

A brief illustrated biography of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren.

Contains diary entries written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren that record her experiences during World War II including rationing, blackouts, the Soviet invasion of Finland, and the nature of evil, as well as of her personal heartbreaks, financial struggles, and trials as a mother and writer.

Arriving in newly independent Zambia in the hopes of fulfilling a friend's missionary dream, Hans Olofson endeavors to make Africa his home while struggling with such past demons as his father's alcoholism and a friend's accident.

Eva Gabrielsson describes her relationship with Swedish writer Stieg Larsson from when they met at age eighteen until Larsson's death at age fifty, discussing Larsson's writing process, and sharing other aspects of his life.