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.

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

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

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

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

If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.

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.