We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.

Death is never very pretty.

Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.

People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.