Author of twelve nonfiction books about Swedes and Swedish settlements.<p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #000000;">Author Lilly Setterdahl<br /></span></span></strong><img src="http://www.webjam.com/lilly_setterdahl/~Photo?id=b3c1ecca-e69e-42c0-a88c-f868d87756ee&amp;width=0&amp;height=0" align="center" vspace="8" alt="LILLY11" hspace="8" border="0" /></p>FalsePublicTrue

<p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: small;"><strong>&nbsp; Lilly Setterdahl began her writing career by writing research articles about the Swedish emigration to America.&nbsp;Eventually, she authored&nbsp;twelve nonfiction books about Swedes and Swedish settlements.&nbsp;The majority of these books&nbsp;are now out of print.&nbsp; She based most of her&nbsp;writings on research material preserved by her husband, Lennart Setterdahl.&nbsp; In 2007, Lilly won a novel writing competition and as a result her first novel,&nbsp;Maiden of the Titanic, was published.&nbsp; Her 13th book, Growing Up in Sweden,&nbsp;came out in 2008.</strong></span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: small;"><strong>&nbsp; Lilly&nbsp;has also authored stories for children and a historical novel, <em>Banbrytaren</em>&nbsp; (The&nbsp;trail blazer) published as a serial novel in a Swedish family magazine. She is currently working on a nonfiction manuscript, Voices and Faces of Chicago Swedes , based on oral histories relating to the&nbsp; Great Depression. </strong></span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: small;"><strong>&nbsp; Her fiction manuscripts waiting in the wings: </strong></span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: small;"><strong>&nbsp; A novel about two baby-boomers finding new love</strong></span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: small;"><strong>&nbsp; A sequel to Maiden of the Titanic.</strong></span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: small;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="border: medium none"><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></p>FalsePublicTrue