Åsa Larsson is a Swedish crime-fiction writer, with her novels featuring Rebecka Martinsson. Her books and characters serve as the basis for the internationally successful TV series ''Rebecka Martinsson''. The 2007 Swedish film ''

Solstorm ''Solstorm'' ''(en: Sunstorm)'' is a Swedish thriller/drama film released in 2007. It was directed by Leif Lindblom and filmed in Kiruna, Sweden. The film is based on the novel ''Sun Storm'' (released in the UK as ''Savage'') written by author � ...

'' was based on the book ''The Savage Altar''.

Early life and education

Åsa Elena Larsson was born in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

, but raised in

Kiruna (; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The c ...

in the far north of Sweden. She is the granddaughter of the Olympic skier Erik August Larsson. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Larsson was a tax lawyer.

Writing career

Larsson wrote a series of crime novels featuring the heroine Rebecka Martinsson, a tax lawyer. Her first Rebecka Martinsson novel, ''Solstorm'', was awarded the

Swedish Crime Writers' Academy The Swedish Crime Fiction Academy (Swedish: ''Svenska Deckarakademin''), is a Sweden, Swedish organization set up in 1971 to promote quality in Swedish detective fiction and crime fiction.

prize for best first novel. It was published in the UK under the title ''The Savage Altar'' and was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. Her second Rebecka Martinsson novel, ''Det blod som spillts'', won the

Best Swedish Crime Novel Award The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (''Bästa svenska kriminalroman'') is a literary prize awarded annually since 1982 by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy. The winners of the award are listed below: Winners References {{Reflist External linksS ...

. ''Till offer åt Molok'', her fifth Rebecka Martinsson novel, also won the

. The sixth and final part, ''Fädernas misgärningar'', was published in autumn 2021 and was also awarded the prize for the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the year.

Adaptations

Larsson's books and characters serve as the basis for the Swedish TV series ''Rebecka Martinsson''. The 2007 Swedish film ''

'' was based on the book ''The Savage Altar''.

Bibliography

Rebecka Martinsson novels

*2003 – ''Solstorm''; English translation: ''

Sun Storm ''Sun Storm'' (''Solstorm''), published in the UK as ''The Savage Altar'', is the first novel by Swedish crime-writer Åsa Larsson. The novel is the first in the Rebecka Martinsson series. It won Sweden's Best First Crime Novel award, and, on pu ...

'' (USA), '' The Savage Altar'' (UK), 2006 *2004 – ''Det blod som spillts''; English translation: ''

The Blood Spilt ''The Blood Spilt'' (, 2004) is a crime novel by Swedish writer Åsa Larsson, second in the Rebecka Martinsson series. It was published in the US in January 2007 and in the UK in 2008. It received the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award The Best Swed ...

'', 2007 *2006 – ''Svart stig''; English translation: '' The Black Path'', 2008 *2008 – ''Till dess din vrede upphör''; English translation: '' Until Thy Wrath be Past'', 2011 *2011 – ''Till offer åt Molok''; English translation: ''

The Second Deadly Sin ''The Second Deadly Sin'' (, 2011) is a crime novel Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on ...

'', 2014 *2021 – ''Fädernas missgärningar''; English translation: '' The Sins of Our Fathers'', 2021

Other

*2003 – ''Upptäck jorden'' *2005 - ''Aurinkomyrsky'' *2007 – ''Systrarna Hietala'' (short stories) *2009 – ''Guds starka arm'' (with Lena Andersson) (short stories) *2012 – ''Tjernaja tropa''

References

External links

Random House author pageMinabibliotek.se Åsa Larsson page
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