| ASTRID | ___ Lindgren, Swedish writer who created the character Pippi Longstocking (6) |
| ASTRIDLINDGREN | Swedish author who created Pippi Longstocking |
| ENGMAN | Pascal -, Swedish author whose novel Femicide was published in the UK in September (6) |
| LINDGREN | Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who wrote the Pippi Longstocking stories (6,8) |
| PLAITS | Braids worn by Pippi Longstocking and Heidi |
| SWEDEN | Home of Pippi Longstocking |
| BRAIDS | Pippi Longstocking features |
| LAGERLOF | Swedish writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909 (8) |
| SELMA | Swedish writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909 (5) |
| SELMALAGERLOF | Swedish author who was the first female winner of the Nobel Literature Prize in 1909 (5,8) |
| PIPPI | Who (___ Longstocking) is the gawky red-headed character created by Astrid Lindgren? (5) |
| STIEGLARSSON | Swedish writer of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| STRINDBERG | Swedish writer of the plays Miss Julie and The Father |
| SWEDISH | What nationality was Astrid Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking? (7) |
| THEDRAGONTATTOO | The Girl with ____ , first book in the Millennium series by Swedish author Stieg Larsson (3,6,6) |
| SONYAHARTNETT | Which Australian writer, principally of young adult fiction, won the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial A |
| EMIL | Character facing Mio in story about boy created by Lindgren (4) |
| LARSSON | Swedish author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg ___ (7) |
| LONGSTOCKING | 1945 children's novel by Astrid Lindgren (5,12) |
| BRAID | Pippi Longstocking feature |
