JENNY JÄGERFELD

Contemporary stories that change your perspective

Adult fiction

THE REVENGE PROJECT

Monsters in Therapy

Sparkle, Daze, Amaze

A Hole in the Head

Children fiction

BANJO BABY

MY ROYAL GRAND GOLDEN LOVE

MY ROYAL GRAND GOLDEN DEATH

My Royal Grand, Golden Life

Ask Jenny – a book about the body, soul and everything in between

Comedy Queen

Top Bro!

YA fiction

I’m Just So-o Easygoing

Me on the Floor, Bleeding

Rights

YA & children fiction

Azerbaijan
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonian
The Netherlands
North America
Norway
Poland
Russia
Slovenia
Sweden
Turkey

Film rights

I’m Just So-o Easygoing: Cinenic Film, Sweden
Comedy Queen: FLX, Sweden

Theater Rights

Comedy Queen: Teater Västernorrland, Sweden

Adult fiction

Croatia
Finland
Germany
Italy
Sweden

Theater rights

Sparkle, Daze, Amaze: Folkteatern Göteborg, Sweden

Adult fiction Monsters in Therapy
Croatia
Finland
Germany
Italy
Sweden

Theater Rights:
Switzerland: Bangebukse

Awards & Nominations

2025 – Nominated for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2024 – Winner of the Italian Premio Andersen Award
2024 – Nominated for The Golden Ear (Guldörat), in the category best podcast host, for her show Hjärta & Hjärna
2024 – Nominated for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2024 – Nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award
2023 – Honoris Causa – The St Olof’s Medal, from the city of Norrköping
2023 – Nominated for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2022 – Winner of the Kulla-Gulla Prize, awarded by the Swedish Writers’ Association
2022 – Silver for Banjo Baby at New York Festival’s Radio Awards
2022 – Nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award
2022 – Nominated for the Italian ORBIL Prize
2022 – IBBY Honour List
2022 – Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2021 – Shortlisted for the Swedish Radio’s Children Book Award
2020 – Best children’s book, Swedish Radio’s Children Book Award
2020 – The Expressen Heffaklumpen Prize
2019 – Best children’s book, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre Book Award
2019 – The Broocman Prize
2019 – Shortlisted by IBBY Estonia for the Tower of Babel Award for translated children’s literature
2019 – Shortlisted for the August Prize
2018 – Shortlisted for The Nils Holgersson Plaque
2018 – Best children’s book, Swedish Radio’s Children Book Award
2018 – Shortlisted for the August Prize
2017 – Astrid Lindgren Prize
2014 – LAVA Prize
2010 – August Prize
2010 – Great Reader’s Prize

Jenny Jägerfeld was born in Skärblacka in eastern Sweden and now lives in Stockholm. She is a writer and psychologist, and one of Sweden’s most acclaimed authors of children’s and young adult literature. She has received several prestigious awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Prize and the August Prize, and has also been honored with numerous international literary prizes. In addition to her writing, she has studied philosophy and sexology, worked as a writing teacher, and is a well-regarded columnist and radio host, as well as a frequent expert voice on radio and television.

Jenny Jägerfeld made her literary debut in 2006 with A Hole in the Head. Her second book, the YA novel Me on the Floor, Bleeding, won the August Prize in 2010 in the category of Best Children’s and Young Adult Book.

In her work, Jägerfeld fearlessly engages with complex existential questions. With deep respect for both her readers and her subjects, she explores themes such as mental illness, ADHD, child poverty, gender identity, suicide, and social exclusion—always with a strong thread of humor that brings warmth and relief to even the most difficult topics.

With the middle-grade novels Top Bro! and Comedy Queen, she further strengthened her connection with young readers. Comedy Queen was awarded the Swedish Radio Children’s Book Award in 2018, shortlisted for the August Prize the same year, and also nominated for the Nils Holgersson Plaque by the Swedish Library Association.

Over the years, Jägerfeld’s books have also enjoyed significant international success. She has been nominated twice for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, featured on the IBBY Honour List, and received Italy’s Premio Andersen.

Several of her books have been adapted for stage and screen. The film adaptation of Comedy Queen received the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2022, while the adaptation of Easy Going opened the Gothenburg Film Festival the same year.

Jägerfeld also writes fiction for adults. In 2022, she collaborated with her colleague and friend Mats Strandberg. Drawing on their shared admiration for Frankenstein, as well as their respective strengths in horror and psychology, they co-authored the genre-bending and thought-provoking novel Monsters in Therapy.

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