Linda Boström Knausgård, a Swedish author and a poet, made her critical breakthrough in 2011 with the short-story collection Grand Mal. Her first novel, The Helios Disaster, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the United States. Welcome to America, her second novel, was nominated for a number of awards including the prestigious Swedish August Prize. October Child became a bestseller in Sweden and throughout Scandinavia.
Linda Boström Knausgård, a Swedish author and a poet, made her critical breakthrough in 2011 with the short-story collection Grand Mal. Her first novel, The Helios Disaster, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the United States. Welcome to America, her second novel, was nominated for a number of awards including the prestigious Swedish August Prize. October Child became a bestseller in Sweden and throughout Scandinavia.
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