Aase Berg is a poet, literary critic and translator. She grew up outside Tensta in Stockholm, where she was born in 1967. Her first book, Hos rådjur (With Deer), was published by Bonnier in 1997. This was followed by Mörk Materia (Dark Matter), a book-length science-fiction prose poem, in 2000. Her third book, Forsla fett (Transfer Fat), was nominated for the prestigious Augustpriser for the best poetry book of 2002, and was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award in 2013. In 2005, she published her fourth book, Uppland. Her most current book, Hackers, was published in Sweden in 2015. Her essays on literature and culture have appeared in BLM, Göteborgs-Posten and ootal, among other places. She currently resides in Stockholm.