EVELYN SCALA SCHREIBER
Epic love story and family saga
Fiction
THE PRIVATE GIRL
Rights and awards
Rights
Germany
Sweden
Awards
Evelyn Scala Schreiber is a journalist who has worked for several Swedish newspapers. A prestigious Fulbright scholarship led to a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York City. Now she’s back in Sweden, writing about, among other topics, American politics.
Evelyn Scala Schreiber had long thought that someday she should write down her family’s circus history. Mostly out of curiosity and to share it with the rest of the family. Then the pandemic came, and she found herself in a cabin in northern Sweden one summer with little to do. So, she started doing research for fun. As she began piecing together the story, she realized what she thought was a pleasant way to pass time was something much bigger. It’s not just about a circus family, but about everyone. About the unique world of the circus and the often-forgotten people within it. Circus women who were pioneers in the fight for women’s liberation but who never made it into the history books. Writing the book as a novel has allowed her to fill in certain gaps in the story. But at its core, this is her family history.
A vibrant circus story emerged, spanning almost a century. The Circus Trilogy was born.
The Private Girl is Evelyn Scala Schreiber’s debut novel and the first part of the Circus Trilogy, a series based on the author’s own family history. It is a story about marginalization, freedom and sisterhood, about a woman who decided to sacrifice everything for love – and the circus.
Bibliography the Circus Trilogy
2025 – The Private Girl (Privatflickan), novel
Author photo
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