Jonas Hassen Khemiri is a Swedish writer born on December 27, 1978, in Stockholm. He has established himself as a prolific author across multiple genres, having written six novels, seven plays, and a collection of essays, short stories, and plays. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages, reaching an international audience. Khemiri's achievements include receiving the August Prize for fiction and a Village Voice Obie Award for best script. In 2017, he became the first Swedish writer to have a short story published in The New Yorker. His novel The Family Clause, published by FSG, was awarded the French Prix Médicis and was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award. In 2021, Khemiri moved to New York to pursue a Cullman Fellowship at The New York Public Library. He currently teaches in the Creative Writing program at NYU. In 2023, he served as a Ben Belitt Distinguished Visiting Writer at Bennington College.