Moa Backe Åstot (born 1998) is a Swedish Sámi author. She has written three young adult novels and several short stories, often addressing Sámi culture and identity. She has received accolades including the Norrlands litteraturpris and the Slangbellan, becoming the first Sámi author to win the latter. Born in Malmberget, she began her literary career as a teenager. She studied writing at Umeå University and Jakobsberg Folk High School. Her debut novel, Himlabrand (2021), which follows a gay Sámi teenager navigating identity and first love, was nominated for the August Prize in the category of Children's and Youth Literature and…

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