GUSTAV TEGBY

Rights Touched
Czech Republic
Italy
Sweden

Rights The Changelings Trilogy
Sweden

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2023 – The Longing Dead – Changelings book 2 – nominated for the Prisma literature award
2022 – Army Of Orphans – Changelings book 1 – nominated for the Swedish Crimetime Award in the Kids/YA Category
2020 – Shortlisted for the Norrland Literature Prize

Gustav Tegby is a screenwriter, author, dramaturg and playwright with a fondness for everything that’s weird, supernatural and noir-ish. He has written more than thirty plays, that have been performed in Sweden, Finland and USA, and has experience of writing for both radio drama, film and TV. Gustav Tegby debuted as a novelist with the critically acclaimed YA story Touched (Beröringen) 2019. which was shortlisted for Norrland’s Literary Award.

Gustav was born and raised in Umeå in northern Sweden and has worked for ten years as a dramaturg at Riksteatern (The Swedish National Touring Theatre). During the last years he has also written several drama productions for Swedish Radio, among them the prestigious Christmas series A Winter Nightmare (Marvinter) in 2017.

In 2022, Army of Orphans: Changelings book 1 (De överblivnas armé) was published. It’s the first book in a series of three urban fantasy novels for 11+ readers, based on Nordic mythology. Changelings Book 2: The Longing Dead (De dödas längtan) was published 2023 and the third and final part, Changelings Book 3: When the Giants Awaken (När jättarna vaknar) in 2024. The books was nominated for Swedish Crimetime Award and The Prisma Award for hbtqi+ literature.

Bibliography

Changelings

2024 – When the Giants Awaken – Changelings Book 3 (När jättarna vaknar), readers 11+
2023 – The Longing Dead – Changelings Book 2 ( De dödas längtan), readers 11+
2022 – Army of Orphans – Changelings Book 1 (De överblivnas armé), readers 11+

YA Fiction
2019 – Touched (Beröringen), YA novel

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