Press

Maria Ernestam is known as one of Sweden’s most skilled and multi faceted authors. She has a very loyal readership in her homeland Sweden as well as abroad. Maria has written novels and short stories and has contributed to several Swedish and international anthologies.

Maria Ernestam is very much appreciated for her stilistic care and for her well composed intrigues. She speaks four languages herself and is especially celebrated in Germany and France, where she has been awarded several prizes. Maria is married, has two adult children and lives in Stockholm. She writes in The Old Town of Stockholm or in her summerplace in Frillesås, on the Swedish westcoast.

Bibliography

Awards & nominations

  • Silver paperback for Buster’s Ears, 25 000 ex sold during first year of release.
  • Gold paperback for Always With You, 50 000 ex sold during first year of release.
  • Three French book awards, the booksellers’ price Prix Page des Libraires for Buster’s Ears and Prix La Passerelle and Prix de l’Armitière for the same book.
  • Prize for best translation to French, fiction, for Buster’s Ears, awarded at Lire en Poche in Gradignan. Translator Esther Sermage.
  • Nomination for Prix Littéraire Cezan Inter-CE for Always With You.
  • Nomination for Stora Läsarpriset, The Great Readers’ Prize, at Bokcirklar.se for Always With You.
  • Nomination for Le Prix des lecteurs du festival Littératures Européennes for The Scarred Pianist.

Press pictures

These pictures are free to use for press and marketing of books written by Maria Ernestam. Please credit the photograph when publishing.

Photograph: Richard Ryan, richard@mrrichardryan.com www.mrrichardryan.com.

Book covers

Publisher

Sweden

  • Bokförlaget Forum
  • LB Förlag
  • Bonnier Audio
  • Månpocket

France

  • Gaïa Éditions
  • Babel Actes Sud

Germany

  • Bertelsmann / Random House

Denmark

  • People’s Press
  • Palatium Books

Iceland

  • Salka förlag

Latvia

  • Latvijas Mediji

Netherlands

  • De Geus

Norway

  • Perleblekk

Poland

  • Kobiece Publishing House
  • Wydawnictwo Poznańskie

Taiwan

  • Sun Color

Russia

  • Ast Publishing Group