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Writers Fiction and poetry Martina Lowden is a wr
iter and literary critic, as well as the editor of the literary magazine for young people, ’Ponton’. She was awarded Sweden’s most prestigious first novel award ‘Borås tidnings debutantpris’ and the ’Katapultpriset‘ award for her debut Allt (2006). Non-fiction Stina Otterberg is a literary scholar, critic and writer. In 2014 she was member of the August Prize jury for fiction, and in 2015 she was awarded ‘Göteborgs Litteraturpris’ for her book essay on the Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Älska, dricka, sjunga, leva, dö (2014). She is currently writing a biography about the Finnish-Swedish critic, writer and feminist Hagar Olsson (1893–1978). Children’s and Young Adult Literature Mia Österlund is a literary scholar at Åbo Academy, Finland. She is the scientific editor of ’Barnboken – Journal of Children’s Literature Research‘. In 2015 she was awarded the Hagfors medal for her ongoing and multifaceted work for Swedish culture in Finland. Comics Markus Pedersen is a journalist and works with production development for the media company Gota Media. He also runs the comics blog ’Prokrastinatorn‘. Photo: Sanna Fogelvik Photo: Emelie Asplund Photo: Paul Söderholm Photo: Private