Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2013)
Sample of authors
Eriksson, Kjell
The Swedish author and gardener Kjell Eriksson was born in Uppsala, Sweden and grew up in a working-class family on Ymergatan in the district of Almtuna. His father worked on the railway and his mother was a shop assistant. He has been employed as a construction worker and gardener, and he ran his own garden centre part-time before becoming a full-time author.
Kjell Eriksson has been a trade...
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Hannah, Sophie
The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a house with many books – both their parents were authors. Their mother, Adèle Geras, born in Jerusalem, was an actor and singer before becoming a popular author of primarily children’s and young adult books. The father, Norman Geras, was born in Rhodesia. He is a retired prof...
