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Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Across Available Become Crime Crime Fiction English Fiction Generation Great Great Success Many Now Rightfully Scandinavian Success Swedish Whole Whom World Writers

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Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Closely Cold Descriptions Environment Find Following Her Holds Home Intriguing Joy Kind Lonely Magic Much Northern Observed People Plots Reading Says Silent Special Stereotype Sweden Tough

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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Being Being Scared Camp Circumstances Countries Crime Enjoy Fire Our Round Safe Scared Sitting Stories Tales Telling Tradition Version Wars Why Writing

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I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Always Book Brand Changed Controversial Dirty Finished Literary Many Marketing Myself Once People Possible Read Started Very Viewed Want Were Words World Years Years Ago

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In Sweden, we've moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Away Bond Children Magical Mothers Moved Notion Some Special Sweden

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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Crime Crime Fiction Environment Exception Fiction More Pace Slower Swedish Think Use I Think

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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Get Good High Much Our Schools Swedish Taxes Them Used

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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: About Depressed Get Hate How How Much Lot More Much People Sweden Talk Weather

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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Abba Listen Lot Music Pop Pop Music

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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Good One Of The Things Really Things

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Writer

Born: August 30th, 1974

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