Strandberg, Mats
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1976- ) Swedish journalist and author, most of whose novels to date have been fantasy, including the Engelfors Trilogy beginning with Cirkeln (2011; trans Per Carlsson as The Circle 2012), all with Sara Bergmark Elfgren (1980- ). He is of sf interest for Slutet (2018; trans Judith Kiros as The End 2020), which is set in a Near Future Earth due to be impacted in six months by a Comet, a Disaster that will cause the End of the World; as the moment approaches, the Young Adult cast explores family and Sex and other concerns, including a murder. The exuberance Strandberg shows in his fantasy is here moderately tamed, or tempered. [JC]
Mats Strandberg
born Västanfors, Sweden: 23 October 1976
works (selected)
series
Engelfors Trilogy
- Cirkeln (Stockholm, Sweden: Rabén and Sjögren, 2011) with Sara Bergmark Elfgren [Engelfors Trilogy: hb/]
- The Circle (London: Arrow Hammer, 2012) with Sara Bergmark Elfgren [trans by Per Carlsson of the above: Engelfors Trilogy: hb/]
- Eld (Stockholm, Sweden: Rabén and Sjögren, 2012) with Sara Bergmark Elfgren [Engelfors Trilogy: hb/]
- Fire (London: Arrow Hammer, 2014) with Sara Bergmark Elfgren [trans by Anna Paterson of the above: Engelfors Trilogy: hb/]
- Nyckeln (Stockholm, Sweden: Rabén and Sjögren, 2013) with Sara Bergmark Elfgren [Engelfors Trilogy: hb/]
- The Key (London: Arrow Hammer, 2015) with Sara Bergmark Elfgren [trans by Per Carlsson of the above: Engelfors Trilogy: hb/]
individual titles
- Färjan (Stockholm, Sweden: Norstedts, 2015) [hb/]
- Blood Cruise (London: Jo Fletcher Books, 2017) [trans by Agnes Broome of the above: pb/]
- Hemmet (Stockholm, Sweden: Norstedts, 2017) [hb/]
- The Home (London: Jo Fletcher Books, 2020) [trans by Agnes Broome of the above: pb/Blacksheep/Arcangel]
- Slutet (Stockholm, Sweden: Rabén and Sjögren, 2018) [hb/]
- The End (Stamford, Connecticut: W1-Media/Arctis, 2020) [trans by Judith Kiros of the above: hb/Anders Timrén]
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