Bea Uusma

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

Bea Uusma
Bea Uusma at the announcement of nominees for the August Prize in 2013.
BornMari Beatrice Uusma
(1966-03-20)20 March 1966
Lidingö, Sweden
OccupationAuthor, Illustrator, Medical doctor
NationalitySwedish
Notable worksThe Expedition (2013)
Notable awardsThe August Prize 2013
SpouseHenrik Schyffert (1996–2012)

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
  • 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

References
  1. "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. "Jag mår bäst när min hjärna går på högvarv" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter.
  3. "Årets Augustpristagare har tillkännagivits" (in Swedish). The August Prize.
  4. "Bea Uusma får Augustpriset" (in Swedish). Norstedts. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  • Media related to Bea Uusma at Wikimedia Commons
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