Circle Mats Strandberg

The circle swedish title cirkeln is a swedish young adult fantasy novel written by mats strandberg and sara bergmark elfgren it is the first part of the engelsfors trilogy.

Circle mats strandberg.

Mats strandberg s commercial breakthrough came in 2011 when the ya novel the circle hit stores. In august 2009 they began working on what would become the novel the circle with its two sequels. A student has just been found dead. Elfgren met mats strandberg.

The circle mats strandberg sara b. The circle reads like the the demon headmaster set in a swedish twin peaks with a nod to stieg larsson. The observer the scandinavian setting provides a chilly atmosphere to an otherwise dark story of struggling teens and a rash of suicides but the multilayered cinematic plot is buoyed by the girls determination as well as the understated and idiosyncratic presence of magic. In august 2009 they began working on what would become the novel the circle with its two sequels.

He is a regular columnist for sweden s biggest evening newspaper has been named columnist of the year by sweden s newspapers and magazines organization and had published three previous novels with rights sold in numerous countries. Elfgren was the first part of the engelsfors trilogy. Today it has been translated to over 25 languages and in 2015 the movie adaptation of the circle was released. In 2008 sara b.

His young adult fantasy novel cirkeln the first book in the engelsfors trilogy written together with sara bergmark elfgren and published in 2011 was an august prize nominee in the youth literature category. They quickly realized that they shared a passion for supernatural stories about young adults. Soon the idea to write together was born. The epic story of teenage witches in a small industrial town chosen to save the world from the apocalypse was an instant success both critically and commercially.

In that derelict fairground an ancient prophecy is revealed. Strandberg has been a columnist in aftonbladet. Mats strandberg is an award winning novelist and journalist. Mats strandberg is a writer and producer known for the circle 2015 färjan and babel 2005.

Elfgren one night when a strange red moon fills the sky six school girls find themselves in an abandoned theme park drawn there by a mysterious force. Soon the idea to write together was born. The epic story of teenage witches in a small industrial town chosen to save the world from the apocalypse was an instant success both critically and commercially. The book written together with sara b.

His debut novel was jaktsäsong published in 2006. The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in bergslagen in central sweden and follows a group of teenage girls with little in common who discover that they are witches chosen to save the world from an otherworldly evil. Everyone except them. They quickly realized that they shared a passion for supernatural stories about young adults.