Johan Theorin

Johan Theorin ( born September 3, 1963 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish journalist and author.

• 2.1 Seasons Quartet ( Oland series)
• 2.2 Other

Life and work

Literary creation

Theorin has published short stories, anthologies and novels. Theorin crime novels are characterized by mythological elements and are bestsellers in his native Sweden.

Even with his first crime novel Öland, excellent in Sweden as the best debut thriller of the year, he managed an international success: The book has been translated into over twenty languages ​​. It plays like all his novels so-called " Seasons Quartet " on the island of Öland. Johan Theorin family has lived there for generations, he is a regular visitor to the island and knows the cultural heritage, their legends and myths.

Fog Storm plays in Öland harsh winter. The book was in Sweden the prize for the best crime novel of the year and was awarded the English Dagger Award for the best international crime novel. His novel Bloodstone was produced in 2012 in a translation by Kerstin Schoeps and the processing Andrea Czesienski directed by Götz Naleppa for Germany radio culture as a radio play.

Works

Seasons Quartet ( Oland series)

• 2008: Öland ( Skumtimmen ), German Kerstin Schoeps. Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05089-0.
• 2009: Fog Storm ( Nattfåk ), German Kerstin Schoeps. Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05091-3.
• 2011: Bloodstone ( Blodläge ), German Kerstin Schoeps. Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05418-8.
• 2013: island grave ( Rörgast ), German by Susanne Dahmann and Kerstin Schoeps, Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05470-6 (appears on May 12, 2014).

More

• 2012: As bitter cold ( Sancta Psyko ), German by Susanne Dahmann, Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05551-2.

Awards

• 2007: Swedish Crime Academy: "Best Crime Novel of the Year " for Skumtimmen
• 2009: The CWA Dagger Award: " Best First Novel " for Echoes from the Dead ( = Öland )
• 2010: The CWA Dagger Award: "Best translated into English detective story " for The Darkest Room ( = fog storm )