Anna Malin Ulrika Persson Giolito (born 25 September 1969 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and lawyer. She is the daughter of novelist and

criminologist Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

, Leif G. W. Persson. Persson Giolito wrote the award-winning book '' Störst av allt'' (''Quicksand'') which has won the awards for Best Swedish Crime Novel in 2016, Glass Key Award in 2017 and the Prix du Polar Européen in 2018.

Early life

Malin Persson Giolito was born 25 September, 1969 in Stockholm, Sweden to

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and

, Leif G. W. Persson and Birgitta Liedstrand. She grew up in

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, Sweden.

Career

Persson Giolito graduated from

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in 1994 and initially worked at the European Court of Justice in

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. She earned a master's degree in

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from the

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, Belgium. She has also studied at Stockholm University in Sweden and at the

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in France. From 1997 to 2007, Persson Giolito was employed by the law firm Mannheimer Swartling but left when she was expecting her third child. In 2008, she worked as a lawyer in competition law at the

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in Brussels and begin writing novels with her first, ''Dubbla slag'', being published by Piratförlaget. Since 2015, Persson Giolito is a full-time author and lives in Brussels with her family, she also writes for the magazine, '' Amelia'', where she discusses literature. On July 5, 2017, Persson Giolito hosted the '' Sommar'' program on Sveriges Radio P1.

Writing

Persson Giolito writing debut began in 2008 with the novel ''Dubbla slag''. The debut was followed in 2010 with the thriller novel ''Bara ett barn'' and in 2012 with ''Bortom varje rimligt tvivel''. In 2016, the multi-award-winning thriller '' Störst av allt'' was published. In September 2017, it was announced that

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had ordered an adaption of ''Störst av allt'' (''Quicksand'') to be developed into an eponymous

crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

series, ''

Quicksand Quicksand is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. It forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a liquefied soil that los ...

'' (''Störst av allt''), and would partner with FLX to produce the series. The series premiered on April 5, 2019. Her latest book ''Processen'' was released in 2018.

Bibliography

Filmography

Adaptations

* ''

'' (''Störst av allt'') —

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& FLX (2019) * ''Deliver Me'' —

(2024)

Awards

References

External links

Official website

Ahlander Agency Bio
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