Born: 1973
Currently lives in: Stockholm
Jury member since: 2024
Johan Rundberg is an author who primarily writes for children in lower and middle school. He has written the Moonwind & Hoff series about children at the bottom of society in 19th-century Stockholm. The first book in the series, The Night Raven, was awarded the August Prize in 2021 in the category of Swedish children's and young adult book of the year. Johan Rundberg received the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2023 for distinguished authorship in children's and young adult literature.