MARIA BOURONCLE was born in 1965 in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. She has lived in Washington, DC since 2002. An economist by profession, Maria – who spent over 25 years in the field of international development – published her first book in 2018, and subsequently decided to pursue her passion for writing professionally. "It Came to Me on a Whim" has been translated into several languages and is currently used on the Scandinavian Crime Literature Course at UCLA.
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LITERARY AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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Tore G. Wärenstam Foundation 2023
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Swedish Authors’ Fund 2022
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Folke Tengeland Cultural Award 2022
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AIR Literature, Villa Martinson, Jonsered,
December 2021
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Hagstad, the home of Artur Lundkvist, Oderljunga, August 2021
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The school of Harry Martinson, Alltidshult,
September 2020
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Lilla Björka, the home of Elin Wägner, Berg,
May 2019
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During the spring of 2024, Maria is a guest writer for Intro to Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.