Information About Me Roy Panen

My Education

(chronological order)

Three Upper Secondary Schools

Building and civil engineering program (2 years), Wood technology program (3 years), plus an extension course in wood technology (one semester), and the Children and Leisure Program (courses at community adult education, 2 years).

Universities, Colleges

High school teacher program (5.5 years), with the subjects Swedish, and Swedish as a second language, at the University of Gothenburg

Loose Courses, Universities, and Colleges

(several cities in Sweden)

Bullying in learning environments, Conflicts and conflict management, Grades and grading in school, Children and socialization, Children with special needs, Religious studies, at the University of Gothenburg (basic course)

My Jobs

(chronological order)

Adolescence

Baker, window cleaner, laundry attendant at a laundry, carpentry, park worker, student assistant at a primary school.

Mature Age

Personal assistant (elderly man), qualified teacher of Swedish, and Swedish as a second language, unqualified teacher of social studies and religious studies, woodwork, special education support groups, and responsible for school libraries (all at the primary school level)

"Burnt Out"

I "burned out" and quit teaching. But I soon found the desire and interest to continue on my old path as a writer instead. And now, at the time of writing, almost 15 years later, I have written 18 children's books and 12 books for young adults. And I publish my books through my own publishing house.

Work Training

After the "burnout", I received help to start work training, where I carpentry a balcony and flower boxes. After that, I got the chance to work as a machine carpenter at a carpentry company. I have remained there until today, at the time of writing.

My Book Writing

Monotonous Work

At the carpentry company, I worked with monotonous tasks where I could run on autopilot. With this, I could plan my books during working hours and write down my thoughts at home after working hours. And with this, I was able to achieve a high writing output.

Example:

I was standing one Friday, cutting small pieces of wood, millions in number, which could probably be compared to a curse. But in the middle of all the cutting, the story of a bullied boy, several ghosts, and an angel came to my head, and everything just flowed out of me. And the story of an angel was born from the story of three ghosts.

Education with Many Courses

Throughout my education, from the Children and Leisure Program up through colleges and universities, I have written many short to longer essays, and with that, I have struggled with various difficult and demanding writing tasks. This has also been of great help with support in my later writing of books.

I became a writer, and also learned to manage and cope with all the work of my own book publishing.

Writing Full-Time

And here I am now. I have been given notice/laid off from the carpentry company due to a lack of work. But I see it as a positive, a pure liberation ... And now I am moving forward on my own saved assets and hoping for a brighter future.

Special Education

My great interest in special education has inspired me to make various shorter versions of my children's books, short stories, plus the idea of AI images and AI videos.

Since my children's books have lots of images plus a number of videos, these can attract children to read. They can choose to just watch the films, the images, and still get a good idea of the book's plot and content. And I post all the videos and images on panen.se for free use.

Teaching the Children

Furthermore, in my children's books, I address and deal with big and important issues with topics:

- How should we behave towards each other, to show that we, each of us, have value?

- How can we help children better understand and feel that there is nothing wrong with differences?

- How can we counteract racism, homophobia?

- And how can we teach children that they own and decide over their own bodies, that a no is always a no?

Thank you for taking the time.

Take care of yourself.

Roy Panen 2025-08-05