Kristian Lundberg was a Swedish author and journalist, who wrote and published over 40 novels and collections of poetry. His first title as an author "Genom september" (Through September) was published in 1991. His novel "Och allt ska vara kärlek" (And everything should be love) was awarded with the Swedish Radio Novel Prize, and before that he was the recipient of several awards such as the Ivar Lo Prize and the Aniara Award. The poetry book Job was nominated for the August Prize in 2005. In 2013 he was awarded with the Signe Ekblad Eld-prize for his authorship and in 2014 he recieved the Lars Ahlin-Award.