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Jonas Jonasson was a journalist for the Expressen newspaper for many years. He became a media consultant and later on set up a company producing sports and events for Swedish television. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Jonasson now lives on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
Praise for 'The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden': 'One of the word of mouth bestsellers of last year was Jonasson's uproariously funny The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climed Out Of A Window And Disappeared. Now he's back in similar vein...A comic delight of love, luck and mathematics' ***** Daily Express Praise for 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared': 'Imaginative, laugh-out-loud bestseller' Daily Telegraph 'Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny ... The plot is pleasingly nimble and the book's endearing charm offers a happy alternative to the more familiar Nordic noir' Guardian 'A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully' Sunday Times 'We can't wait to finally escape into this feelgood tale' Stylist Praise for 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared': 'Imaginative, laugh-out-loud bestseller' Daily Telegraph 'Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny ... The plot is pleasingly nimble and the book's endearing charm offers a happy alternative to the more familiar Nordic noir' Guardian 'A mordantly funny and loopily freewheeling debut novel about ageing disgracefully' Sunday Times 'We can't wait to finally escape into this feelgood tale' Stylist
