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Karin Tidbeck Biography

Karin Margareta Steen Tidbeck (born 6 April 1977) is a Swedish author of fantasy and weird fiction. She lives in Malmö and, in addition to her writing, works for a writers' organization and as a creative writing instructor.

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All my stories and worlds spring from the basic principle of being a slave to the premise, to follow the consequences wherever they may lead without taking any easy or comfortable ways out.

Premise, Principles, Spring, Stories, Ways

I'm just being honest about the fact that a second language won't resonate with you like the first does.

Doe, Fact, Firsts, Honest, Just Being, Language

I have control of my own style.

Control, My Own, My Own Style, Style

I've always been fascinated by the concept of time.

Concept, Concept Of Time, Concepts, Fascinated, Time

Happily, fantastic fiction is slowly gaining in status.

Fantastic, Fiction, Gaining, Happily, Slowly

You have to be aware what the consequences are of the approach you take.

Approach, Aware, Consequence, Consequences, Take

If you want the reader to accept the premise as a given, then being specific is vital. This is what I'm after; I want the reader to accept the setting and the mindset of the characters, so we can get on with the story.

Character, Characters, Given, Reader, Stories, Want

Worldbuilding to me is taking the consequences of an idea.

Consequence, Consequences, Idea, Ideas, Taking, Worldbuilding

What does seem to be a constant is that I write more emotional stories the older I get. I think a lot of that has to do with growing up in a patriarchal structure where unemotional intellect (male) is taken more seriously than delving into emotions (female), and gradually freeing myself from those expectations.

Female, Growing Up, Taken, Think, Unemotional, Writing

My early stories revolved around reality and faith. I wrote a series of stories about the darker aspects of Christian myth: a woman who hides in the attic and watches the Apocalypse, a cult whose members preserve themselves in huge formalin tubs waiting for the Second Coming, and so on.

Apocalypse, Christian, Coming, Reality, Waiting, Woman

I don't consider genre while writing.

Genre, Writing

I come from a nation where fantastic fiction has a very low status, unless it fits into some very specific categories or is written by already established authors. I don't by any means try to hide what I write, but the way people think in categories here is pretty extreme: it blots out discussing the actual work on its own terms. That's made me loath to talk about my own work in terms of genre, because once you get a label, it sticks and poof go a slew of potential readers and reviewers because eww, fantasy cooties.

Cooties, Mean, People, Thinking, Way, Writing

I want my voice to be consistent no matter if it's an original or a translation.

Consistent, Matter, Original, Translation, Voice, Want

I do love the weird, and I realize that I write much in that tradition, so I'm happy to be counted in among some of my favorite authors.

Happy, Love, Realizing, Tradition, Weird, Writing

To the goats, all people are equal, except for those who have treats.

Goats, People, Treats

I think that the more alien and strange a world or situation is, the more concise you have to be if you want the reader to follow you. It depends on what effect you're looking for.

Effect, Reader, Think, Thinking, Want, World

Time is built entirely on consensus: humans decide that they have linear time, so they do.

Consensus, Decide, Humans, Linear, Time

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