 The girl is modelled on her niece, Sophia Jansson; the girl's father on Sophia's father, Lars Jansson; and the grandmother on Tove's mother Signe.Jansson's first foray outside children's literature was "" ("Sculptor's Daughter"), a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1968.After that, she wrote five more novels, including "Sommarboken" ("The Summer Book") and five collections of short stories.