Circle Mats Strandberg

In 2008 sara b.

Circle mats strandberg.

In august 2009 they began working on what would become the novel the circle with its two sequels. Soon the idea to write together was born. Soon the idea to write together was born. They quickly realized that they shared a passion for supernatural stories about young adults.

The book written together with sara b. Mats strandberg s commercial breakthrough came in 2011 when the ya novel the circle hit stores. Everyone except them. The circle swedish title cirkeln is a swedish young adult fantasy novel written by mats strandberg and sara bergmark elfgren it is the first part of the engelsfors trilogy.

His debut novel was jaktsäsong published in 2006. They quickly realized that they shared a passion for supernatural stories about young adults. The epic story of teenage witches in a small industrial town chosen to save the world from the apocalypse was an instant success both critically and commercially. A student has just been found dead.

Today it has been translated to over 25 languages and in 2015 the movie adaptation of the circle was released. The circle reads like the the demon headmaster set in a swedish twin peaks with a nod to stieg larsson. In that derelict fairground an ancient prophecy is revealed. Mats strandberg is a writer and producer known for the circle 2015 färjan and babel 2005.

Strandberg has been a columnist in aftonbladet. The observer the scandinavian setting provides a chilly atmosphere to an otherwise dark story of struggling teens and a rash of suicides but the multilayered cinematic plot is buoyed by the girls determination as well as the understated and idiosyncratic presence of magic. His young adult fantasy novel cirkeln the first book in the engelsfors trilogy written together with sara bergmark elfgren and published in 2011 was an august prize nominee in the youth literature category. Elfgren one night when a strange red moon fills the sky six school girls find themselves in an abandoned theme park drawn there by a mysterious force.

Mats strandberg is an award winning novelist and journalist. He is a regular columnist for sweden s biggest evening newspaper has been named columnist of the year by sweden s newspapers and magazines organization and had published three previous novels with rights sold in numerous countries. The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in bergslagen in central sweden and follows a group of teenage girls with little in common who discover that they are witches chosen to save the world from an otherworldly evil. Elfgren was the first part of the engelsfors trilogy.

The circle mats strandberg sara b. The epic story of teenage witches in a small industrial town chosen to save the world from the apocalypse was an instant success both critically and commercially. Mats strandberg born 1976 is a swedish author. Elfgren met mats strandberg.