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

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

Adult fiction

Croatia
Finland
Germany
Italy
Sweden

Film rights

Sparkle, Daze, Amaze: Spacetruckin´/Ylva Forner
Monsters in Therapy: ITV

Theatre rights

Sparkle, Daze, Amaze: Folkteatern Göteborg, Sweden

Awards & Nominations

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 is a writer and a psychologist that has worked with children, teenagers, and adults in both public and private practice. She has also studied philosophy and sexology and worked as a writing teacher. She writes columns and is often a guest in radio and tv.

Jenny Jägerfeld debuted as an author 2006 with A Hole in the Head. Her second book, the YA novel Me on the Floor, Bleeding won the August Price 2010 in the category best children’s and YA books.

In her books, Jenny Jägerfeld dares to address the big and difficult existential questions. With deep respect for the reader – and the topic – she portrays mental illness, ADHD, child poverty, gender identity, suicide and exclusion. In all the depictions, humor also plays a large and redemptive role.

With the middle grade novels Top Bro! and Comedy Queen she found new readers, and Jenny Jägerfeld´s books have been praised by both the readers and reviewers. Comedy Queen was awarded Best children’s book 2018 (Swedish Radio’s Children Book Award), shortlisted for “Best Swedish Children’s and YA”, 2018 (August Prize) and shortlisted for The Nils Holgersson Plaque – Best Swedish Children’s and YA novel 2018 (Swedish Library Association). In 2017 she was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Prize.

Jägerfeld’s middle grade novel My Royal Grand Golden Life was nominated for the August Prize and shortlisted for the Swedish Radio Children Book’s Award. The sequel My Royal Grand Golden Death was published in 2021, and the final part of the trilogy with Sigge and his family and friends in Skärblacka was published in 2022, My Royal Grand Golden Love. Just as in her previous books, Jägerfeld writes an unforgettable story combining magnificent humor and important topics.

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