Fredrik Backman is a renowned Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He was born on June 2, 1981. Backman is celebrated for his engaging novels, which include the bestselling A Man Called Ove (2012), Things My Son Needs to Know About the World (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), Anxious People (2020), and The Winners (2022). His works have achieved critical acclaim and commercial success, having been published in over forty countries.

Before becoming an author, Backman wrote weekly columns for the newspaper Metro in 2012 and maintained a blog for Café Magazine between April 2010 and May 2015. He resides in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.