Ellen Mattson is a Swedish novelist, playwright and literature critic, and a member of the Swedish Academy.
Mattson was born in Uddevalla. She studied literature and language, and also piano at a folk high school in Vadstena. She is a trained librarian, but now works as a full time writer and literature critic.
Mattson debuted as a novelist in 1992. She won a wider audience and critical acclaim with the 1998 novel Resenärerna. From Wikipedia
