Integrity – A Novel About Saving the World

Aired Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 2:00 PM ET

Today’s Rising Star is Anna Borgeryd

Anna Borgeryd is a businesswoman and influential environmentalist whose new novel brings to life the economic and environmental issues threatening our future.

About the Guest Anna Borgeryd

Anna Borgeryd has a PhD in conflict management and is chair of the family business, Polarbröd. She has been an adviser to the Swedish government’s Future Commission. She has given a TEDx lecture on The Dawn of a New Economy and in 2014 she was named among the fifteen most influential environmentalists in Sweden. Anna is a musician and filmmaker and has just published her first novel, which started life as a screenplay that won several awards in Sweden. “Integrity” is a love story that explores the interconnectedness of human life, delving deeply into the choices and emotions of a woman trying to change the world, and a man trying to change with her.

Anna blogs at Wood and Blue: http://www.annaborgeryd.tumblr.com/