Sara Lovestam, born in 1980, used to teach Swedish to immigrants and is a freelance journalist. In spring 2009 she won the debutant novelist Bok- SM award for her first novel, Udda (Different ). Since then, she has written more novels, all with a distinctive narrative style and quirky special characters. Wonderful Feels Like This is her fourth novel.
'Wonderful Feels Like This is a gifted and moving novel, elegantly translated from the Swedish... Lovestam can make difficult narrative feats look easy (the way she can sketch character so economically, using only a few telling brushstrokes, is especially engaging) and the sharply observed central relationship draws you into its poignancy and quiet heroism.' The Sydney Morning Herald