Eva Holmquist

Eva has always been fascinated in how the society works and how it should be if things were different. Her stories originates often from a what-if scenario. For instance does the series Diligentia originates from the thoughts about how life would be on a multi-generation spaceship 350 years after departure.

She grew up in Pixbo outside of Gothenburg in Sweden close to the Gunnebo Forest and the lake Rådasjön. Nowadays she lives in Jönköping with the view of Vättern, the second largest lake in Sweden, from her balcony.

She has written the following short stories in english:

- Keep fighting, In a city full of androids – humanoid robots indistinguishable from their flesh and blood counterparts — Kate joins the resistance to fight a world ruled by machines. A science fiction short story.

She has written the following books in swedish:

- Hästar på vift, a story about a girl and her horse

- Kedjor känns bara när du rör dig, the first book in the series Diligentia about Lola and her friends fight for freedom aboard the spaceship Diligentia

- Det är inte så lätt som du tror, the second book in the series Diligentia about how the old and new ways collide then they have to make a living on an alien planet circling the Alpha Centauri (A)

- Hoppa så fångar jag, the third and final book in the trilogy about the spaceship Diligentia

- Förlora för att vinna, the first book in the series Vailao about the involuntary diplomat Soi who protests against the war on the planet Vailao and has to run för her life.

- Ödeland, a collection of short stories exploring the concept of exclusion

- Attentaten i Gallus, the first book in the fantasy series about the world Gallus

- Gallus brinner, the second book in the fantasy series about the world Gallus

She has also written several short stories, appearing as e-books and in different anthologies, e.g. Keep Fighting in the anthology Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep