Emelie Schepp (born 5 September 1979) is a Swedish crime author. Her crime novels are centered around Norrköping and focus on the main figure Jana Berzelius, a public prosecutor. An exception is Hundra dagar i juli (2024), about organ transplantation, which is set in her native town Motala.
Biography Schepp was born in Motala. In 2013, she made her debut with the crime novel Märkta för livet (English: Marked for Life, trans. Rod Bradbury) which sold 40,000 copies in just six months. She then signed a book deal for three books with Wahlström & Widstrand in the fall of 2014, re-releasing her debut book the same year.
Her Berzelius books have sold over a million copies worldwide. The rights of the series have been sold to thirty countries, and the books have been translated into Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and Turkish (January 2019). An adaptation of Märkta för livet as Jana: Marked for Life was broadcast in 2024.
Bibliography Series featuring Jana Berzelius 2014 Märkta för livet, Wahlström & Widstrand, 2016 in English: Marked for Life, trans. Rod Bradbury, Mira (Canada), 2015 Vita Spår, Wahlström & Widstrand, 2017 in English: Marked for Revenge, trans. Suzanne Martin Cheadle, Mira (Canada), 2016 Prio ett, Wahlström & Widstrand, 2018 in English: Slowly We Die, trans. Suzanne Martin Cheadle, Mira (Canada), 2017 Pappas pojke, HarperCollins Nordic, 2019 Broder Jakob, HarperCollins Nordic, 2020 Nio liv, HarperCollins Nordic, 2022 Björnen sover, Norstedts, 2025 Alter ego, Norstedts, Separate 2024 Hundra dagar i juli, Norstedts,
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