Majgull Axelsson

Her first book was non-fiction, and focused on the problems of child prostitution and street children in third world, and poverty in Sweden.

It addresses themes of mother-daughter relationships, competition between women, and the failures of Sweden's postwar welfare state.

[4] For her writing, Majgull Axelsson has been awarded the Guldpocket for the sales success of Aprilhäxan and the August Prize for the same novel.

She made her debut as a playwright in 2002 with Lisalouise, which premiered that year at the Dramaten and was followed in 2007 by the play Helgonlegender, a "mourning song about the dismantling of the Swedish people's home".

Majgull Axelsson also wrote the text for a musical work of art, Holocene, which was performed in the Berwaldhallen in connection with the 2008 Baltic Sea Festival.