Frida Nilsson (born 1979) is a Swedish children’s writer whose first book was published in 2004.

[1] She has won numerous international shortlistings and prizes, including the August Prize,[2] the German Youth Literature Prize,[3] Expressens Heffaklump (2015)[4] and the Astrid Lindgren Prize.

[5] She was recently chosen as one of the best emerging writers in Europe under 39 (Hay Festival’s Aarhus 39, 2017).

[6] Nilsson’s writing is characterised by playfulness and sincerity.

She has been compared to Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren.