| ASTRID | ____ Lindgren, Swedish writer who created the children's book character Pippi Longstocking (6) |
| BRIGGS | Raymond, English illustrator and author who created the children's book The Snowman (6) |
| LITERAL | Like the interpretations of the children's book character Amelia Bedelia |
| JEFFKINNEY | Author and cartoonist who created the children's book series Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (4,6) |
| ALISON | Author who created the children's character Little Grey Rabbit, _ Uttley (6) |
| ENGMAN | Pascal -, Swedish author whose novel Femicide was published in the UK in September (6) |
| ASTRIDLINDGREN | Swedish author who created Pippi Longstocking |
| LINDGREN | Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who wrote the Pippi Longstocking stories (6,8) |
| SWEDEN | Home of Pippi Longstocking |
| PLAITS | Braids worn by Pippi Longstocking and Heidi |
| 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) |
| THEDRAGONTATTOO | The Girl with ____ , first book in the Millennium series by Swedish author Stieg Larsson (3,6,6) |
| 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) |
| SONYAHARTNETT | Which Australian writer, principally of young adult fiction, won the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial A |
