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Rachel grew up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where she spent summers checking out very tall stacks of books from the library. She became interested in Sweden and the Swedish language early on, and majored in Scandinavian Studies as an undergraduate at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. She spent a college semester abroad in Gothenburg, Sweden. After a few years off, she returned to school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to get her MA and PhD, also in Scandinavian Studies.

She began her career in translation while at UW-Madison, thanks to meeting Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri when he visited campus. Rachel's debut translation was Khemiri's novel Montecore, and she has since translated several of Khemiri's short stories and ...more

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	The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 62,432 ratings — published 2013 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson (Goodreads Author), Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 54,940 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #2) by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 21,154 ratings — published 2018 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All 3.42 avg rating — 21,598 ratings — published 2015 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 18,046 ratings — published 2021 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Survivors by Alex Schulman, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 18,258 ratings — published 2020 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 17,001 ratings — published 2016 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Victim Without a Face (Fabian Risk, #1) by Stefan Ahnhem, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.97 avg rating — 11,485 ratings — published 2014 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forbidden Place 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Group 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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