About the Author

With some young readers who produced their own version of The Darkenstar in color.

Hi, my name is Joseph A. Davis, and I am a bilingual (eng/swe) fantasy author, translator and writing coach. 

Here are some random facts in case you are working on a school project about one of my books:

  • I come from the United States and currently live in Sweden.
  • I am super old (born in 1987).
  • I have published three fantasy series in Swedish and one and a quarter in English. (Click here for a full list of my published works.)
  • I have led creative writing workshops in five different countries, including one for the Ugandan Women Writers’ Association FEMRITE. (The other four countries are Sweden, Kenya, France and the USA.)
  • In July of 2022, I was the author in residence at Ames Free Library’s Queset House in North Easton, Massachusetts.
  • In 2024, my Swedish fantasy series Kampen om Tusenvärld received the Swedish Fantasy Council’s gold medal as the all-time highest ranked Swedish fantasy series for ages 9-12 (though I would actually recommend it for ages 10-13).

Is there anything else you would like to know about me? Send me an e-mail at trolyrien@gmail.com or follow me on social media.