If Sjöwall/Wahlöö created the modern Swedish police procedural in the 60s, journalist Liza Marklund (b. 1962) revolutionized it in the late 90s with The Bomber, the first installment in a series that would become the most successful ever from a female Scandinavian writer. Marklund’s series about crime reporter Annika Bengtzon, in which life at a bustling tabloid and the conflict of combining motherhood and career ambition provide the framework for immensely suspenseful crime stories, quickly established the author as a bestseller worldwide. Since then, Marklund’s novels have sold 9 million in 30 languages, and she has achieved the unique feat of becoming a No 1 bestseller in all five Nordic countries. The author is the recipient of a vast number of literary awards and prizes. In addition to being an author, journalist and columnist, Liza Marklund also co-owns Sweden’s third largest publishing house Piratförlaget, and serves as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.

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Bibliography
En plats i solen  A Place in the Sun
2008, Crime Fiction   Read More

Livstid  Lifetime
2007, Crime Fiction   Read More

Nobels testamente  Nobel's Last Will
2006, Crime Fiction   Read More

Det finns en särskild plats i helvetet för kvinnor som inte hjälper varandra [med Lotta Snickare]  There’s a Special Place In Hell for Women Who Don’t Help Each Other [with Lotta Snickare]
2005, non-fiction

Asyl  Asylum Granted
2004, true story

Den röda vargen  The Red Wolf
2003, Crime Fiction   Read More

Prime time  Prime Time
2002, Crime Fiction   Read More

Paradiset  Paradise
2000, Crime Fiction   Read More

Studio sex  Studio Sex
1999, Crime Fiction   Read More

Sprängaren  The Bomber
1998, Crime Fiction   Read More

Gömda  Buried Alive
1995, true story