Author and Shipwrights Review contributor shares his experiences in publishing his first novel — Author and Shipwrights Review contributor shares his experiences in publishing his first novel In this Shipwrights Review digital event, Lars Landgren will talk, and answer your questions, about how he became that to which many of us aspire: A published author. Lars was born in 1985. He currently works as an English and Creative Writing instructor in Karlstad, Sweden, having previously also taught in classrooms in Northern China, Kazakstan, and pretty much smack in the middle of Central Hälsingland in Sweden, the setting of his novel, Ljusnan Du Mörka, published by Bonniers in March of 2021 to critical acclaim.