Eva Apelqvist is the author of a number of children’s and young adult books and a Swedish-to-English/English-to-Swedish translator.

Her translation of Moa Backe Åstot’s young adult novel Himlabrand, Fire from the Sky, published by Levine Querido, was named a Printz Honor Book, 2024.

She is also the translator of The Lost Ones, the third book in Johan Rundberg’s award-winning middle-grade series The Moonwind Mysteries, due out in January, 2025.

Her own latest book, Mörker över skateparken, was the 2022 winner of Spårhunden, best Swedish mystery for children and young adults.


Eva has worked in many different fields of book creation and distribution, among them, a publishing house, a library and an independent bookstore. She is also a reader/reviewer for book publishers in Sweden, the U.K. and the United States and she helps people write their life stories.

Eva Apelqvist’s Books

Mörker över skateparken

Vinnare av Spårhunden, årets bästa barn- och ungdomsdeckare, 2022.

“Detta är en riktigt bra skejt-berättelse./…/ Det är som att GW Persson eller någon annan tungviktare hoppat in och börjat skriva ungdomsböcker med deckarintrig./…/ Högt tempo, bra person- och miljöbeskrivning och ett enkelt rafflande språk.” Staffan Engstrand, BTJ häftet 19, 2022

Mörker över skateparken är bok för alla, för den som älskar att åka skateboard eller den som drömmer om att våga testa, men även för läsaren som längtar efter en spännande deckare.

LGBTQ Families

“An excellent resource for both individual and curricular research.” ― Booklist

Aimed at young adults with LGBTQ parents, teens who identify as LGBTQ, those who support LGBTQs, and anyone wanting to educate themselves on the topic, this book will broaden understanding and enable teens and their peers to embrace the diversity of the modern family.

Getting Ready to Drive:

A How to Guide

Getting Ready to Drive is a particularly welcome topic, well developed here with a good balance of practical tips and warnings worded so as not to sound hysterical.” —Booklist

GETTING READY TO DRIVE: A HOW-TO GUIDE examines the particulars of being safe on the road. Includes taking your written and practical driving tests, getting your license, learning the rules of the road, and understanding the dangers of cell phones and the importance of seatbelts.

Swede Dreams

Apelqvist has imbued Sweden with an intoxicating quality that had made me deeply envious of the main character's time studying abroad there in this fabulous novel. /…/ the places that were described were so well-written and sounded so interesting that I can't wait to get there someday!”—Beth Rodgers, Author of YA Novel 'Freshman Fourteen'