Ida Börjel was born in 1975 in Lund, Sweden. For her first book, Sond (2004), she received the prestigious award Katapultpriset. Since then, she has written over six works, including Skåneradio, Konsumentköplagen: juris lyrik, and MA. She lives in Röstånga and works with the City Fables Group at Malmö University, exploring the way that stories about life in contemporary cities are negotiated, remediated and circulated.