★ Rights Sold in Dutch, Danish, German, Estonian, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian, Latvian, Polish, Italian, Meänkieli, Nordsamiska, Romani, Swedish, Faroese, English and Chinese (simplified).
★ Film rights sold. A feature film is in the making.
★ The TV series about the family, "A (dis)Honest Christmas with the Pinchers", was broadcast in December 2021 on SVT, Sweden’s public service television.
★ The books have sold over 300,000 copies in Sweden!
★ This series is about the popular family of robbers. With drastic humor and colorful images, this is the perfect bridge between picture and chapter book, for age 6-9.
★ Do you want to know more about the Pinchers Family? Check out publisher Natur & Kultur’s official Pinchers webpage (in Swedish) where you can find music, videos, and more about this beloved family.
★ Winner of the Crimetime Award 2022
The Jury’s praise:
“Ingenious, well written and with wonderful illustrations. We enjoy stories where we get to both giggle and nod thoughtfully. One can’t help but love the reluctant con artist who tries to do everything right despite his thieving family. No wonder the books are popular with both children and critics alike and have reached far beyond Sweden’s borders. Recently, we have also been able to follow Ture and his family in a popular Christmas calendar on TV. This is a universe that is constantly expanding, and where we like to be. Criminally good!”

This series includes 8 titles:
The Pinchers and the Silver Cup
The Pinchers and the Lady With the Feather Boa
The Pinchers and the Gold Diamond
The Pinchers and the Eye of the Parrot
The Pinchers and the Curse of the Egyptian Cat
The Pinchers and the Cop Chase
The Pinchers and the Birthday Coup
The Pinchers and Paul Eesman’s Secret

Paul Eesman tells Ellen he can’t sleep because his house is haunted. During the night he hears frightening creaking and panting. When Ellen inspects his house, she discovers that Paul has the stolen gold diamond on his bedstand, although he is a police officer… Paul says it was given to him by his secret girlfriend. Mom Fia is happy to hear Ture knew Paul had it all along, but didn’t tell anyone. Ture confesses he has been practicing keeping a secret. Ellen, Bove and Fia want to steal the diamond, but Ture thinks that will make Paul very sad. The family maintains they have a very smart plan. But when the plan is about to go down, it turns out that both Paul and the diamond have disappeared without a trace!

Anders Sparring is a screen writer and has written television scripts for many popular children’s shows. In addition to his writing (three books about Karla Wrestler), Anders also does stand-up comedy.

Per Gustavsson is an illustrator and author. He has illustrated a number of books, both his own and for others. His books about the Princess have sold 200 000 copies and are translated to several languages.