Moa Herngren

Moa Herngren (b.1969) is the Swedish author of the gripping and highly acclaimed relationship dramas The Mother-in-Law, The Divorce and The Inheritance. These page-turners have ignited heated debates in book clubs and living rooms across the country on which of their protagonists are most deserving of the reader’s sympathies. Herngren is also a journalist, former editor-in-chief of Elle Magazine and a highly sought-after manuscript writer. She is notably the co-creator and writer on Netflix hit-show Bonus Family. With her special affinity for the intricacies of complicated family dynamics and a high relatability factor permeating her work, she is undoubtedly the one to watch in her genre.

 

Awards

Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best fiction) Sweden – Skilsmässan The Divorce 2023
Shortlisted for Book of the Year Award Sweden – Skilsmässan The Divorce 2022
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Fiction) Sweden – Svärmodern The Mother-in-Law 2021
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Moa Herngren and Jørn Lier Horst on the Finnish bestseller list

Moa Herngren’s bestselling title The Divorce is No. 2 in Finland across all formats this week, and No. 1 in the audiobook and e-book for translated fiction category. Meanwhile, Jørn Lier Horst’s When It Grows Dark comes in at No. 1 in the category for printed, translated books.

Nesbø and Herngren on the Norwegian bestseller list for June

Jo Nesbø’s Blood Ties comes in at No.1 on the Norwegian bestseller list across all formats for the month of June, closely followed by its predecessor The Kingdom at No.2. Moa Herngren’s The Divorce meanwhile features at No.3.

Kristina Ohlsson and Moa Herngren on the Swedish bestseller list

Kristina Ohlsson’s latest installment in the August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescueis No. 2 in Sweden this week, which marks the book’s fourth consecutive week on the list. Meanwhile, Moa Herngren’s The Inheritancewhich was just published, sailed straight to No. 3 on the list.

‘The Inheritance’ published in Sweden

As three grieving siblings greet mourners at a funeral, it emerges two of them have filed serious police charges against the third. What has irrevocably torn this family apart?

In the wake of their father’s recent death, Ulrika, Andrea and Rasmus gather in the childhood home to celebrate their mother’s birthday and the remnant of the family struggle to re-establish their previously entrenched roles. Middle sister Andrea is keen to form the same tight-knit bond that her older sister Ulrika has always shared with their mother. It doesn’t seem to matter how much of an effort she makes, she still feels left out. Ulrika rather sees a little sister who’s had everything in life, been the apple of their father’s eye and always had her will be done – yet still never seem satisfied. Their much younger brother Rasmus has in turn lived his whole life in the shadow of his sister’s incessant fight for attention and validation.

When it emerges that several items mysteriously have gone missing from the childhood home, everything is brought to a head. Three vastly differing childhood experiences come to clash. But who really owns the narrative of a childhood? What focal events have some of them been kept in the dark about? Can you always trust your memories? And what do we truly owe our siblings?

The Inheritance is Moa Herngren’s third novel to skillfully and grippingly explore dramatic breakdowns of relationships from opposing perspectives.

Moa Herngren bestowed with Norstedtaren Award

Moa Herngren has been awarded with “Norstedtaren”, an accolade bestowed by publishing house Norstedts to authors who accomplish the feat of selling more than 100.000 copies of a book in Sweden. Moa Herngren passed this milestone with her runaway bestseller The Divorce.

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New author: Moa Herngren

Moa Herngren (b.1969) is the Swedish author of the gripping and highly acclaimed relationship dramas The Mother-in-Law and The Divorce. These page-turners have ignited heated debates in book clubs and living rooms across the country on which of their protagonists are most deserving of the reader’s sympathies. Herngren is also a journalist, former editor-in-chief of Elle Magazine and a highly sought-after manuscript writer. She is notably the co-creator and writer of Netflix hit-show Bonus Family. With her special affinity for the intricacies of complicated family dynamics and a high relatability factor permeating her work, she is undoubtedly the one to watch in her genre.