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Lene Fogelberg

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in Gothenburg, Sweden

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Young Adult, Fantasy, Memoir

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Leigh Bardugo, Suzanne Collins, Kass Morgan, Markus Zusak, Yann Martel

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Lene Fogelberg is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Beautiful Affliction: A Memoir. She loves to explore the world and has lived all over the globe—in a small Pennsylvania town, as well as in Germany, Malaysia, and Indonesia. She currently resides in her native Sweden with her family. The Lightning Tree is the first book in her YA trilogy, The Natural Intelligence Revolution.

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I just wonder why you used Beautiful in the title of Beautiful Affliction? I loved it, by the way. Hope you are well. Patti P

Lene Fogelberg Hi Patti!
Thanks for asking! I chose Beautiful Affliction as title because when I thought back on all those years of affliction, what really struck me …moreHi Patti!
Thanks for asking! I chose Beautiful Affliction as title because when I thought back on all those years of affliction, what really struck me was the beauty, the miracle and the clarity of those years. Only the important things remained, and the unimportant seemed to melt away. So all the pain, disappointment, and sadness found their way into a beautiful pattern that eventually became my story.(less)

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Hello! I have been wondering why you didn't write such a *personal* story, your own memoir, in your 'mother tongue' of Swedish + instead chose to write it in English, which must have been more difficult...? Thank you! --Jen from Quebec :0)

Lene Fogelberg Hi Jen!

Thank you for your question! I have been asked this a lot, and I am happy to answer.

I actually did write Beautiful Affliction in Swedish first…moreHi Jen!

Thank you for your question! I have been asked this a lot, and I am happy to answer.

I actually did write Beautiful Affliction in Swedish first, but I didn’t feel like I had managed to fully capture the story the way I wanted it, and it dawned on me that I needed to tell it in English. Most of the story takes place in the US, so it made sense to tell it in English, but it took me a while to reach the point where I dared to write in my second language. At first, I tried to translate my Swedish manuscript line by line, but it didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to do a re-write in English. I enjoyed working in the English language, which I love, and have continued to write in this beautiful language.

Wishing you a lovely day, and I hope this answered your question,

Love,

Lene(less)

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	Beautiful Affliction 3.85 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lightning Tree (The NI Revolution Trilogy, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oaken Queen (The NI Revolution Trilogy, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Friends, I am beyond excited to share the cover for my novel The Lightning Tree with you! This is the first installment of a YA trilogy that will be out March 15, 2022.

Andrew Davis, the cover artist, has captured so much of the story in his design, and I was completely floored when I first saw it. I hope you like it!

Thank you all for cheering me on while writing this novel and trilogy! Your suppor Read more of this blog post »

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Lene Fogelberg and 3 other people liked Julie's review of The Lightning Tree (The NI Revolution Trilogy, #1): "This book was fun to listen too. I was hooked from the beginning. Lene has such a great imagination and I am excited for the next book in the series."
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Lene Fogelberg and 5 other people liked Lori Peterson's review of The Lightning Tree (The NI Revolution Trilogy, #1): "Received as an audio review copy from Story Origin, this is an honest review. Impeccably narrated by Austenne Grey, The Lightning Tree is a harrowing, poignant and emotionally profound story of sisters Flora and Fona and how their lives are hauntingl" Read more of this review »
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“Dancing is like poetry written by our bodies: our outstretched arms our words of longing.”
― Lene Fogelberg, Beautiful Affliction

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“She is one of these women who always carries a home with her, wherever she is.”
― Lene Fogelberg, Beautiful Affliction

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“In strength the body only knows itself, is full of itself, its movements, its words, but in weakness is the invisible and the whisperings.”
― Lene Fogelberg, Beautiful Affliction

tags: inspirational, intuition, spiritual-quotes

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