Meg Rosoff's acceptance speech at the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Ceremony.
On May 30, Meg Rosoff received the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award during a ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm. In addition to the prize money of five million SEK, Rosoff also received a diploma which was presented by the Minister of Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke.
Meg Rosoff is an American author based in London. She debuted in 2004 with the dystopic young adult novel How I Live Now which became an instant success. Since then she has written several novels centered around unforgettable characters living in thorny borderlands between childhood and adult life.
