Ann-Helén Laestadius

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About The Author

Ann-Helén Laestadius is an author and journalist from Kiruna, Sweden. She is Sámi and of Tornedalian descent, two of Sweden’s national minorities. She is also the author of Stolen—which was named Sweden’s Book of the Year, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and adapted into a Netflix film—and Punished, both #1 bestsellers in Sweden.

Books by Ann-Helén Laestadius

Disgraced
By Ann-Helén Laestadius
From the internationally bestselling author of Stolen, the story of a young Sámi woman who leaves her strict religious community in disgrace, only to later return to reckon with the past and reclaim her Indigenous heritage.
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Punished

A Novel

By Ann-Helén Laestadius
Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
From the internationally bestselling author of the “extraordinary” (Fredrik Backman) novel Stolen comes a harrowing story—inspired by true events—of five Indigenous children forced to attend a government-run boarding school in 1950s Sweden, revealing the emotional scars they carry th...
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