Ã…sa Larsson

Åsa Larsson ( born June 28, 1966 in Uppsala ) is a Swedish writer.

Life

Åsa Larsson grew up in Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden, on. She is a granddaughter of the Swedish Skilangläufers Erik Larsson, the Olympic champion in the 18- km stretch was at the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. Larsson studied in Uppsala law and worked as a tax lawyer. Only after the birth of her daughter, she began to write. She lives with her partner and two children in Marie Fred.

The detective novels Åsa Larsson play in Kiruna and are partially rooted in the biography of the author. The main character is the lawyer Rebecka Martinsson, which - as the author himself - grew up in Kiruna, is for students and professionals but live in the South. The two novels solar storm and White Night play in the milieu of the Swedish Free Churches, where the author has itself become large.

Åsa Larsson's first detective novel solar storm was honored in 2003 as the best debut with the Swedish Crime price. A year later she received for her second novel, White night the prize in the category "Best Swedish crime novel ".

Awards

• 2003: Swedish Krimipreis - Bästa svenska debut for Solstorm (German: solar storm )
• 2004: Swedish Krimipreis - Bästa svenska kriminalroman for Det blod som spillts ( Eng.: White Night )

Works

• 2003 Solstorm Solar Storm, German by Gabriele Haefs; Munich: Bertelsmann, 2004 ISBN 3-570-00843-6.

• White Night, German by Gabriele Haefs; Munich: Bertelsmann, 2006 ISBN 3-570-00873-8.

• The black bar, German by Gabriele Haefs; Munich: Bertelsmann, 2007 ISBN 3-570-00989-0.

• Until thy wrath lies down, German by Gabriele Haefs; Munich: Bertelsmann, 2009 ISBN 978-3-570-01084-6.

• Because Greed will destroy you, German by Gabriele Haefs; Munich: Bertelsmann, 2012 ISBN 978-3-570-10101-8.

Films

The novel solar storm was made ​​into a film in 2007, directed by Leif Lindblom. The main role of Rebecka Martinsson plays the former Bond girl Izabella Scorupco.