Ann-Helén Laestadius is an author and journalist from Kiruna, Sweden. She is Sámi and of Tornedalian descent, two of Sweden's national minorities. In 2016, Laestadius was awarded the prestigious August Prize for Best Young Adult and Children's Novel for Ten Past One, for which she was also awarded Norrland's Literature Prize. She is the author of Stolen-which was named Sweden's Book of the Year, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and adapted for a Netflix film-and Punished, both #1 bestsellers in Sweden.