Karin Härjegård is based in Jämtland, an alpine region on the border with Norway, where she lives with her husband, teenage daughter and dog. Here she works as a mountain priest. She has previously published several historical novels before turning her attention to feelgood.

In 2018, Härjegård was awarded Länstidningen’s cultural prize, and in 2022 she was awarded Feelgood Novel of the Year, for A Waffle Hut with a View.