The bestselling author of "Anxious People" talks about the pressure he faces from the publishing industry "machine" and his ...

Bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman says he never struggled with his confidence as much as he did writing his new book, My Friends. In fact, he was seriously considering retiring.

Bookmarks will host Fredrik Backman this week, the internationally bestselling author of “A Man Called Ove” and “Beartown." This speaking event coincides with the release of his highly anticipated new ...

A year ago, bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman stood in front of a massive audience so terrified, he was convinced he was having a heart attack. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING ...

Lori Virelli of Harvey's Tales of Geneva, Ill., has eagerly been awaiting the release this week of Fredrik Backman’s new ...

When I call Fredrik Backman from halfway across the world – he in his Stockholm apartment, me in my New York one – he says something I don’t expect. The “Anxious People” author is soft ...

Bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman says he never struggled with his confidence as much as he did writing his new book, My Friends. In fact, he was seriously considering retiring.