Eva Eriksson

Eva Eriksson, born on 13 May 1949 in Halmstad, Sweden, is a Swedish illustrator and writer. She has illustrated several children's books by writers including Barbro Lindgren and Viveca Lärn. Some of her illustrated books have also been translated into the English language by Gecko Press and other publishers.

She studied at Konstfack in Stockholm. Between 2003-2012 she held seat number 1 of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.

Select bibliography 2006: All the Dear Little Animals, written by Ulf Nilsson 32pp., 2009: When We Were Alone in the World, written by Ulf Nilsson, 32pp., 2014: My Heart is Laughing, written by Rose Lagercrantz, 120pp., 2015: When I Am Happiest, written by Rose Lagercrantz, 128pp., 2015: When Dad Showed Me the Universe, written by Ulf Stark. 32pp., 2016: The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits, written by Ulf Stark. 120pp., 2016: The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits, written by Ulf Stark. 104pp., 2017: Little Sister Rabbit and the Fox, written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp., 2017: Little Sister Rabbit Gets Lost, written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp.,

Awards 1981: Elsa Beskow plaque 1981: Expressens Heffaklump 1983: BMF Children's plaque (together with Ulf Nilsson) for Little Sister Rabbit 1985: BMF Children's plaque (together with Viveca Lärn) for We sneak in Enoch 1986: Rabén & Sjögren sign's scholarship 1998: BMF Children's plaque for Malla's 1999: Knut V Pettersson - stipendiat 2001: Astrid Lindgren Prize 2006: Ottilia Adelborg Prize 2008: Emil Prize