Anna Clara Tidholm

Anna-Clara Beatrice Tidholm, born Tjerneld on 7 January 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She grew up on Djurgården in Stockholm. Since 1970, she lives at a small farm in Arbrå.

Prizes and awards

Elsa Beskow Plaque 1986 (for ”her entire production”)

Expressen Heffalump 1987

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 1992 (for Resan till Ugri La Brek)

Wettergren's Children's Book Column 1993

Astrid Lindgren Prize 1997

Countryside's Writer's Scholarship 1998

ABF's Literature Prize 2001

August Prize 2002 (for Adjö, herr Muffin)

BMF Plaque 2002

Book Jury (category 0–6 år) 2002

Carl von Linné Plaque 2003 (for Flickornas historia, Europa)