MATS SÖDERLUND MADE his debut as a poet in 1992 and was awarded The Swedish Writers’ Union’s prestigious Catapult Award for Best Literary Debut.
HE HAS WON numerous literary awards and scholarships and is regarded as one of Sweden’s most headstrong nature poets. In 2024 he received the Norrland Literature Prize for his book Splendid be the Earth. Söderlund often describes himself as “a forrester from the north” with roots deeply entrenched in Nordic folklore and the Northern narrative tradition. He has released eleven collections of poetry, most recently Eskatos in 2023.
SÖDERLUND’S FIRST NOVEL, The Observatory, was published in 2013. It’s a poignant coming-of-age story set in a small northern Swedish village.
SÖDERLUND HOLDS A Bachelor of Science in Social Work and was Chairman of the Swedish Writers’ Union between 2005 and 2012.
THE DESCENDANTS TRILOGY is the first time Söderlund writes for a younger audience. The trilogy mainly takes place in Skelleftehamn in the north of Sweden, and we follow three siblings who discover that they belong to a people with extraordinary abilities. They are being drawn into an ancient conflict that might lead to the fall of humanity or its rescue. Their father is missing and their mother represents Sweden in the UN. The adventure takes the family to the Nordic countries, the world, and even further… The series consists of three books: The Threat, The Struggle, and The Escape. The first book, The Threat, was nominated for the Norrland Literature Prize in 2019.
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