Johanna Holmström

Johanna Holmström (born 1981) is a Finland-Swedish author.

Holmström was born in Sipoo and lives in Helsinki. Her first publication was the short-story collection Inlåst och andra noveller (2003), from which the short story "Inlåst" ('Locked Up') was nominated for the Swedish Radio Short-story Prize in 2004. This was followed by the short story collection Tvåsamhet (‘Twosomeness’, 2005). Holmström's first novel was published in September 2007: Ur din längtan ('Out of your Longing'). In 2009 she won the Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize for her third short-story collection Camera Obscura, a connected series of stories focused on young eco-terrorists in Helsinki. Her most recent novel is the 2013 Asfaltsänglar ('Asphal Angels').

Bibliography

• Inlåst och andra noveller (2003)
• Tvåsamhet (2005)
• Ur din längtan (2007)
• Camera obscura (2009)
• Asfaltsänglar (2013)

Sources

• http://www.finlit.fi/fili/en/books/asphalt-angels/