Astrid Lindgren

A touching biography of [Pippi Longstocking's] creator Astrid Lingren sheds new light on the genesis of her most celebrated creation. . . she continues to inspire fresh generations to follow in her outsize footsteps. --Lydia Slater, Harper's Bazaar [An] Insightful, elegantly written biography of the beloved author of the Pippi Longstocking tales, a complex woman of parts. . . Readers who grew up on Lindgren's stories will find this excellent book irresistible--and often surprising. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Filled with photos and remarkable details from Lindgren's voluminous diaries, Andersen's biography is a delight. --Publishers Weekly Andersen incisively and resonantly chronicles the evolution of Lindgren's progressive work and its impact, along with her influence as a children's-book editor and environmental activist, bringing to new light a writer as empowered and exhilarating as her most cherished creation. --Booklist, starred review If one woman could embody the trajectory of the 20th century, I nominate Astrid Lindgren. She emerges from this absorbing biography as a feminist, writer, campaigner for children's rights, visionary humanist, and a model of the intelligent life well-lived. --Meg Rosoff, international best-selling author This is the definitive biography of the author of Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Lindgren emerges as a fully formed artistic, political, and social figure: a Scandinavian modernist who produced works of world literature. --Seth Lerer, author of Children's Literature: A Reader's History, from Aesop to Harry Potter It is no small achievement to have brought to life an author already so alive in the minds of her readers, but Jens Andersen has done it. This is a wonderfully sympathetic and intimate portrait of a writer we all thought we knew. -- Morten H�i Jensen, author of A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen Andersen tells Lindgren's story with befitting adroitness and charm. This biography will raise the care and interest with which scholars and admirers alike approach Pippi Longstocking for years to come. --Heather Klemann, Yale University [An] Insightful, elegantly written biography of the beloved author of the Pippi Longstocking tales, a complex woman of parts. . . Readers who grew up on Lindgren's stories will find this excellent book irresistible--and often surprising. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Filled with photos and remarkable details from Lindgren's voluminous diaries, Andersen's biography is a delight. --Publishers Weekly Andersen incisively and resonantly chronicles the evolution of Lindgren's progressive work and its impact, along with her influence as a children's-book editor and environmental activist, bringing to new light a writer as empowered and exhilarating as her most cherished creation. --Booklist, starred review If one woman could embody the trajectory of the 20th century, I nominate Astrid Lindgren. She emerges from this absorbing biography as a feminist, writer, campaigner for children's rights, visionary humanist, and a model of the intelligent life well-lived. --Meg Rosoff, international best-selling author This is the definitive biography of the author of Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Lindgren emerges as a fully formed artistic, political, and social figure: a Scandinavian modernist who produced works of world literature. --Seth Lerer, author of Children's Literature: A Reader's History, from Aesop to Harry Potter It is no small achievement to have brought to life an author already so alive in the minds of her readers, but Jens Andersen has done it. This is a wonderfully sympathetic and intimate portrait of a writer we all thought we knew. -- Morten H�i Jensen, author of A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen Andersen tells Lindgren's story with befitting adroitness and charm. This biography will raise the care and interest with which scholars and admirers alike approach Pippi Longstocking for years to come. --Heather Klemann, Yale University If one woman could embody the trajectory of the 20th century, I nominate Astrid Lindgren. She emerges from this absorbing biography as a feminist, writer, campaigner for children's rights, visionary humanist, and a model of the intelligent life well-lived. --Meg Rosoff, international best-selling author This is the definitive biography of the author of Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Lindgren emerges as a fully formed artistic, political, and social figure: a Scandinavian modernist who produced works of world literature. --Seth Lerer, author of Children's Literature: A Reader's History, from Aesop to Harry Potter It is no small achievement to have brought to life an author already so alive in the minds of her readers, but Jens Andersen has done it. This is a wonderfully sympathetic and intimate portrait of a writer we all thought we knew. -- Morten Hoi Jensen, author of A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen Andersen tells Lindgren's story with befitting adroitness and charm. This biography will raise the care and interest with which scholars and admirers alike approach Pippi Longstocking for years to come. --Heather Klemann, Yale University It is no small achievement to have brought to life an author already so alive in the minds of her readers, but Jens Andersen has done it. This is a wonderfully sympathetic and intimate portrait of a writer we all thought we knew. -- Morten Hoi Jensen, author of A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen --Morten Hoi Jensen Andersen tells Lindgren's story with befitting adroitness and charm. This biography will raise the care and interest with which scholars and admirers alike approach Pippi Longstocking for years to come. --Heather Klemann, Yale University --Heather Klemann This is the definitive biography of the author of Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Lindgren emerges as a fully formed artistic, political, and social figure: a Scandinavian modernist who produced works of world literature. --Seth Lerer, author of Children's Literature: A Reader's History, from Aesop to Harry Potter--Seth Lerer