Bea Uusma

Swedish author, illustrator and medical doctor

Bea Uusma

Bea Uusma at the announcement of nominees for the August Prize in 2013.

Born| Mari Beatrice Uusma
(1966-03-20) 20 March 1966 (age 59)
Lidingö, Sweden
Occupation| Author, Illustrator, Medical doctor
Nationality| Swedish
Notable works| The Expedition (2013)
Notable awards| The August Prize 2013
Spouse| Henrik Schyffert (1996–2012)

Mari Beatrice "Bea" Uusma, previously Uusma Schyffert (born 20 March 1966 in Lidingö, Sweden), is a Swedish author, illustrator and medical doctor.[1]

## Biography

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Uusma was born and raised in Lidingö in Stockholm County. In 1999, she wrote and illustrated a children's book about the American astronaut Michael Collins titled The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. In the mid-1990s she became interested in S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 and tried to find out what happened to the expedition members. This research resulted in the book The Expedition, published in English by Head of Zeus in 2014, and for which she was awarded The August Prize in 2013.

After working as an illustrator for several years, Uusma started studying medicine and is now working as a medical doctor in Stockholm. She says her medical knowledge was useful in her research for The Expedition.[2]

Uusma was awarded the August Prize, a Swedish literary award, for non-fiction for The Expedition in 2013.[3]

She was married to Swedish comedian Henrik Schyffert between 1996 and 2012. They have two children. Uusma is the sister of Swedish actress Martina Haag.

## English bibliography

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* Uusma Schyffert, Bea (2003). The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811840071.
* Uusma, Bea; Broomé, Agnes (2014). The expedition: a love story : solving the mystery of a Polar tragedy. London: Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-78185-962-9. SELIBR 17063627.
* Uusma, Bea (2014). The expedition: the forgotten story of a polar tragedy. Head of Zeus. SELIBR 17213401.

## Awards

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* 2002: Swedish Book Art Award[1]
* 2002: International Book Art Competition award[1]
* 2003: Best Books of 2003 School Library Journal[1]
* 2004: CCCB Choices selection[1]
* 2004: American Library Association Notable Books for Children designation[1]
* 2004: American Library Association Batchelder Honor Book designation[1]
* 2004: American Library Association Nonfiction Honor Book designation[1]
* 2006: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice nominee[1]
* 2013: August Prize[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
2. ^ "Jag mår bäst när min hjärna går på högvarv" [I feel best when my brain is in high gear] (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
3. ^ "Årets Augustpristagare har tillkännagivits" [This year's August award winner has been announced] (in Swedish). The August Prize. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07.
4. ^ "Bea Uusma får Augustpriset" [Bea Uusma receives the August prize] (in Swedish). Norstedts. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

## External links

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* Media related to Bea Uusma at Wikimedia Commons

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* 1992: Gyllene äpplen – Gunnar Broberg et al.
* 1993: Ofredsår – Peter Englund
* 1994: Musiken i Sverige I–IV – Leif Jonsson et al.
* 1995: Tusen år i trädgården. Från sörmländska herrgårdar och bakgårdar – Maria Flinck
* 1996: Spåren av kungens män – Maja Hagerman
* 1997: I skuggan av framtiden – Sven-Eric Liedman
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* 2003: Idéer om livet – Nils Uddenberg
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* 2005: Ninas resa – Lena Einhorn
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* 2008: Regi Bergman – Paul Duncan & Bengt Wanselius
* 2009: Att överleva dagen – Brutus Östling & Susanne Åkesson

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* 2010: Den röda grevinnan – Yvonne Hirdman
* 2011: Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar – Elisabeth Åsbrink
* 2012: Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig – Berättelsen om Raoul Wallenberg – Ingrid Carlberg
* 2013: The Expedition: The Forgotten Story of a Polar Tragedy – Bea Uusma
* 2014: Naturlära – Lars Lerin
* 2015: Min europeiska familj. De senaste 54 000 åren – Karin Bojs

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