Lassemajas biography
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Bibliographic Information
Author Biography
Martin Widmark (b. 1961) is a Swedish writer and teacher. He is considered one of the most prominent writers of children’s fiction today. In addition to writing the LasseMajas Detektivbyrå, “The Whodunit Detective Agency”, books, he has also written the series of books about Nelly Rapp, Halvdan Viking and many more. His works have been translated into more than 35 languages. Martin’s books are constantly on the best-seller lists, on the libraries’ most popular lists and together with Helena Willis, he has been awarded the children’s own book award 11 times for the LasseMaja titles.
Helena Willis (b. 1964) fryst vatten a Swedish illustrator and author. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since graduating from Beckman’s College of Design in 1991. Helena claims to have the best job in the world – “I play all day and every day”. Together with Martin Widmark, she has been creating the book series of LasseMajas Detektivbyrå, “The Whodunit
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Rundviks Folkets Hus - Nordmalingsbygdens Folkets Hus
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Day(s) - 20 Oct 24
14:00 - 15:35
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Rundviks Folkets Hus - Nordmalingsbygdens Folkets Hus
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CHILDREN & FAMILY Lasse and Maja are back with a new exciting mystery. Before the annual Valleby Games, the competitors are injured one by one. The clues lead Lasse and Maja to a dark secret and an old myth about the Games' mascot, which fryst vatten said to haunt the entré. Will Lasse and Maja find the solution before someone else gets hurt and will their friendship survive the trials?
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Martin Widmark
Swedish children's writer and teacher (born 1961)
Karl Martino Widmark (born 19 March 1961)[1] is a Swedish children's writer and teacher. His books about LasseMaja junior mysteries, in English named The Whodunit Detective Agency, have been translated from Swedish into 34 languages. Eight of them have been translated into English and published by Grosset and Dunlap. Several of his books about the Whodunit Detective Agency have been adapted to film in Sweden, and they have also been made into board games, theater and video games. Martin Widmark was born in Sturefors and grew up in Linköping, but has lived in Stockholm since the 1980s. [citation needed]
Martin Widmark is involved in issues concerning reading comprehension of children and young people and was the initiator of the project A Reading Class (En läsande klass[2]) which was launched in 2012, together with several publishers and the Junibacken Foundation. He has made more