Ulf Nilsson

Ulf Lennart Nilsson (18 September 1948 – 22 September 2021) was a Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.

Nilsson died on 22 September 2021, at the age of 73.

Books 1979 – Pojkjävlarna 1982 – Älskade lilla gris 1983 – Lilla syster Kanin (together with Eva Eriksson) 1983 – En kamp för frihet 1985 – If You Didn't Have Me 1985 – Den fräcka kråkan 1986 – Boeing 747 (together with Pija Lindenbaum) 1994 – Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna 1996 – En dag med mössens brandkår 2001 – Varg nosar och jagar 1998 – En frälsare är född 2002 – Adjö, herr Muffin (together with Anna-Clara Tidholm) 2004 – En ängel vid din sida 2005 – En halv tusenlapp (together with Filippa Widlund) 2005 – Liten mus trycker på knappar 2006 – Den döde talar 2006 – Lilla syster kanin går alldeles vilse 2006 – Alla döda små djur 2007 – Ensam bland rävar

English translations 2006 – All the Dear Little Animals, (Gecko Press) 32pp., 2020 – All the Dear Little Animals, chapter book edition (Gecko Press) 64pp., 2015 – Detective Gordon: The First Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp., 2016 – Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp., 2017 – Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case, (Gecko Press)108pp., 2018 – Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy, (Gecko Press) 112pp.,

Spanish translations 2021 – Inspector Gordon. El primer caso, (HarperCollins) 96pp.,

Awards Nilsson has received the August Prize (Augustpriset) twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized, and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age.

1983 – BMF-plaketten (jointly with illustrator Eva Eriksson) for Lilla syster kanin 1984 – Nils Holgersson-plaketten for Lilla syster Kanin and En kamp för frihet 1985 – Expressens Heffaklump for Om ni inte hade mig and Den fräcka kråkan 1994 – Augustpriset for Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna 2002 – Augustpriset for Adjö, herr Muffin 2002 – BMF-plaketten 2002 – Bokjuryn (category 0–6 years) 2006 – The Astrid Lindgren Prize for his authorship of child and youth literature 2010 – Schullströmska prize for Children's Literature