Sara Mannheimer

Education

She hails from Gothenburg and was educated in the United States, Holland, and the Czechoslovakian Republic.

Career

Besides writing, she runs a glassworks studio. She has collaborated with the choreographer Birgitta Egerbladh on an acclaimed dance theatre project titled Come Rushing. She lives in Stockholm.

Achievements

• Her debut novel Reglerna (The Rules, 2008) was nominated for the August Prize and won the debut writers" prize from Borås Tidning newspaper. Another novel Handlingen (The Action) was nominated for Swedish Radio"s best novel prize, and won the European Union Prize for Literature.