Per Gustavsson has been active as an author and illustrator since 1995 when he debuted with the book Stoppa bollen.

He has written and illustrated over 30 picture books and has collaborated as an illustrator in over 100 books. He has collaborated with Swedish authors such as Ulf Stark, Åsa Lind and Barbro Lindgren, among others.

He has received several prizes and awards such as the Heffaklumpen, Crime time award, the August Prize and the Elsa Beskow Plaque. He has also been nominated for Sweden's most famous literary prize, the August Prize.

Since 2019, he has been a member of the jury for the ALMA Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The prize money is 5 million Swedish kronor, making the prize the largest prize for children and young people's literature.

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