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 was based on the book The Savage Altar.
Early life and education Åsa Elena Larsson was born in Uppsala, but raised in Kiruna 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 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.
Till offer åt Molok, her fifth Rebecka Martinsson novel, also won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award. 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 Solstorm was based on the book The Savage Altar.
Bibliography
Rebecka Martinsson novels 2003 – Solstorm; English translation: Sun Storm (USA), The Savage Altar (UK), 2006 2004 – Det blod som spillts; English translation: The Blood Spilt, 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, 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 page Minabibliotek.se Åsa Larsson page