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Carl-Johan Vallgren (author), Rachel Willson-Broyles (translator) author biography, plus links to books by Carl-Johan Vallgren (author), Rachel Willson-Broyles (translator).

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Carl-Johan Vallgren (author), Rachel Willson-Broyles (translator)

Carl-Johan Vallgren is one of Sweden's most loved writers. He has been awarded the Swedish August Prize for Best Novel of the Year, and has been translated into 25 languages. He's also a talented musician with Warner Music.

Rachel Willson-Broyles is a freelance translator based in Madison, Wisconsin. She received her BA in Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2002 and her Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. Her other translations include Jonas Hassen Khemiri's novel Montecore and Jonas Jonasson's The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden among many others.

This biography was last updated on 07/05/2016.

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