Maria Turtschaninoff is known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired stories filled with magic and fantasy. She has won numerous prizes, including the Society of Swedish Literature Prize, the Swedish YLE Literature Prize and Finlandia Junior Prize, as well as being nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Her YA trilogy, The Red Abbey Chronicles, has sold in 31 territories around the world. Tangled Roots is Marias first adult novel. nA.A. Prime is an award-winning translator from Swedish to English. Her translations include Maria Turtschaninoffs Red Abbey Chronicles trilogy.n