Johanna Thydell

Johanna Thydell, born 14 November 1980 in Nässjö, Sweden is a Swedish writer.

Her 2003 book In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining was given the Swedish August Prize.

[1] Born in Nässjö, she grew up in Värnamo.

After secondary school, she attended a writer's course, and got in contact with writer Magnus Utvik, who assisted her in becoming a writer.

She studied at the writer's line course at Fridhems Folk High School in Svalöv and culture-courses focusing at literature and film at the Stockholm University.