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About Winter Arnwood

Born in the coldest winter in thirty years in Stockholm into a multicultural family, Winter Arnwood hid handwritten notes in her mothers coatpockets or under her pillow to make the day into an adventure.

At kindergarten she used toys, pens and cardboard to create worlds and invited the other kids to play in them.

 

Storytelling has been an integral part of Arnwood’s professional and private life, producing workshops, lectures and articles as a public speaker, as well as writing poetry, short stories and novels.

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Arnwood writes women with unexpected hidden needs, skills and goals in juxtaposition against societal presumptions and expectations.

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Arnwood writes men that are authentically powerful and principled, no matter if they're likable or not. She doesn't write book-boyfriends, she writes men worthy enough to become book-husbands.

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Arnwood utilizes her experience running a consulting firm with millionaire and billionaire clients in the creative and tech industries and her triple education in communication, international business and creative direction to build convincing characters, brands and businesses in her books.

 

With a passion for perfume making, design, cooking and languages, Arnwood's literary worlds are signified by vivid colors, signature scents, complex flavors, nature-inspired symbolism and intercultural environments. 

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Facts about Winter Arnwood

Multi-cultural environments is her norm, not her exception.

  • Growing up in a family who spoke 5 languages and attending international schools, Arnwood grew up nwith a mixture of Scandinavian, European, African, East Asian, Russian, American and South American friends.

  • She has worked with people from 25 countries.

  • Every character in her books represents a culture her family or friends comes from.

She has studied 6 languages and created two new ones for her literary worlds:

She never meant for anyone to read her poetry.

Once an creative director, always a creative director.

  • Winglish, for the Republic of Winston universe, Winstonverse.

  • Old Grÿndïrian, for the Accords of Scars and Peonies universe, Grÿndïrverse.

  • Arnwood's poetry, posted anonymously online has been read over 150.000 times.

  • Literature teachers are using her poetry to teach high school students how to write contemporary poetry.

  • From her experience working with fashion, design, branding, marketing and entrepreneurship, Arnwood creates full brands and siganture styles for her characters.

  • She create logos, brand colors and portfolios for all companies invented in her books.

  • Every character in her books has a colorscheme that matches their skintone and undertones as well as favorite brands and clothing items.

  • She develops a signature perfume scent for every character and hope to one day produce them so everyone can take a piece of Winston and Navidïr with them.

Pneumonia is just an opportunity to write.

  • Her mother's favorite phonecall was when Arnwood had pneumonia and her mother called to check if she needed medication.

  • Arnwood answered: "I'm fantastic, I can finally write without anyone interrupting me, I've written 250 pages in five days. I wish I was sick more often."

  • It's safe to say writing is more like food or air for Arnwood, than a passion.

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