ALVINA CHAMBERLAND

Alvina Chamberland is a Swedish-US American author of predominantly literary autofiction. In 2015, Bokförlaget ETC published her co-authored book 'Allt som är Mitt: Våldtäkt, Stigmatisering och Upprättelse' (All That Is Mine: Rape, Stigmatization and Reparation), which received a grant from the Swedish Arts Council. In 2018, her novel 'Utelåst – Uppväxt- nostalgi för freaks' (Locked Out – A Nostalgic Account of Growing Up for Freaks), a parody of the coming-of-age genre, was published by Dockhaveri Förlag. She resides between Athens and Berlin and has no real hobbies, only intensity and serenity. 'Love the World or Get Killed Trying' is her English-language debut.