Mårten Gisby is a Stockholm-based author, screenwriter, and game writer who graduated from the screenwriting programme at Vancouver Film School in 2017. Since then, he has developed feature films and television series for producers in Canada, the United States, and Sweden.

He is also the author of the acclaimed fantasy novel Alba and the Land Beyond (Alba och landet bortom, 2021), along with its two sequels. The first book was nominated for both the Swedish Writers’ Union’s debut award Slangbellan and Swedish Radio’s Children’s Book Award. The trilogy is currently ranked second on the Fantasy Council’s list of the best Swedish middle-grade fantasy series of all time.

Over the past three years, Mårten has worked in video games, serving as the lead narrative and performance director on the popular VR comedy Gorn 2, as well as on the acclaimed narrative VR game Escaping Wonderland. The latter has been praised for its mental health themes, winning the Gold Prize for Best Storytelling in VR at the NYX Game Awards, and receiving nominations for Best Immersive Reality Game at both the DICE Awards and the Webby Awards.

Mårten loves a good thriller but doesn’t limit himself to a specific genre or format — he happily switches from horror to comedy to gritty crime drama. In Mårten’s work, you will find character-driven, fast-paced stories with crisp and clever dialogue and unexpected turns.

Lately, he has been working as a game writer for Mojang Studios, while also developing a dramedy series for a major streaming platform and a new horror feature film with funding from the Swedish Film Institute.

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