Hi, my name is Mårten Melin and I’m a Swedish author of children’s books. I was born in 1972 and have published 22 books so far; my latest full-length novel Jag är Love (Everybody Loves Me) is out now on Rabén & Sjögren.
None of my books have (so far!) been translated into English, but three of them have been published in Danish, as you can see below. My book Amor anfaller! has also been published in Belgium and in Germany.
I write both poetry and stories, and although I write for children and teenagers of different ages, most of my books are for children aged ten to thirteen. I often write about love (hey, you write about things that interest you, right?) and tend to involve supernatural elements in my stories. So far, I have written about kids who are actually ghosts, vampires, witches, trolls, daughters of the devil and about children who turn into cats and monkeys. I like monkeys.
In 2006, I was invited to Reykjavik’s festival for children’s books. In October 2011, I visited München and Nordwärts – festival for Scandinavian children’s literature.
In 2008 I was awarded the Hans Peterson Award for my collected works, and in 2011 my book Som trolleri was awarded the prestigious Nils Holgersson-plaketten.
Here’s a list of my books which have been translated.
• Jävla Lucia (Damn Lucia), published in 2007. In Danish in 2009 as Fandens Lucia.
• Amor anfaller! (Cupido attacks!), published in 2008. In Danish in 2008 as Tænker kun på Tammi, in Dutch 2010 as Cupido schiet raak and in German in 2011 as Artur, Anton und die Liebe.
• Som trolleri (As if by magic), published in 2010, in Danish the same year with the title Troldbunden.
Read more about my Rabén & Sjögren books on the Norstedts agency page. If you want to get in contact with me, please e-mail me at marten+martenmelin.se.
The photograph of me on this page is by Maria Lindgren.
