Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman is a Swedish novelist and essayist whose stories combine dry humor with an interest in grief, friendship, family, and the unexpected ways people become important to one another. His fiction ranges from the neighborhood encounters of A Man Called Ove to the competing loyalties of the Beartown trilogy.

He also writes short fiction and personal essays, including a collection about fatherhood. His books have reached readers in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm with his family.