Åke Edwardson Sweden
Swedish author, born 1953. Has worked as a journalist and been a university teacher. His books featuring Detective Chief Inspector Erik Winter are translated into more than twenty languages and have won numerous prestigeous awards around the globe. Åke Edwardson is one of Sweden’s best selling authors, and his book are translated into some twenty languages. The total print-run has passed 5 million copies.
The Winter-novels are all filmed for television by SVT.
Some awards:
The Prize of the Swedish Crime Academy for Best First Novel 1995 (for Till allt som varit dött (To Everything That Has Been Dead)
The Prize of the Swedish Crime Academy for best Swedish Crime Novel 1997 (for Dans med en ängel (Dance With an Angel))
The Prize of the Swedish Crime Academy for best Swedish Crime Novel 2001 (for Himlen är en plats på jorden (Heaven Is a Place on Earth))
“Åke Edwardson has a sharp writing style that is uniquely his own. No wonder his books are attracting an ever-growing readership in an ever-growing variety of languages. (...) Edwardson is an exceptionally gifted storyteller.” (Henning Mankell)
New novel Autumn 2011:
Möt mig i Estepona / Meet Me in Estepona
Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, August 2011
Only the past can save him. But the past is his worst enemy.
Peter Mattéus is successful in the advertisement industry. One day, on coming home from work, he is greeted by his wife who - radiant with joy - thanks him for the tickets for a spontaneous holiday. The only problem is that Mattéus hasn't booked any holiday. Not long after he receives at cryptic message: Meet me in Estepona. Suddenly his past has caught up with him.
Fifteen years ago, while Peter Mattéus was living it up in Spain, he was involved in trafficking guns to ETA. A gun fight with the police broke out, and when it was over two terrorists lay on the beach - one was dead, the other wounded. Now Mattéus is being forced back to Spain to pay for his betrayal. And his holiday with his wife who suspects nothing is turned into a nightmare.
Meet me in Estepona is a suspenseful, psychological thriller.
Rights sold:
Germany: Ullstein Verlag
Finland: WSOY/Johnny Kniga
Denmark: C&K
France: Lattès
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The Swallows Fly So High That No One Can See Them
Leopard Förlag, Fall 2010
The Swallows Fly So High That No One Can See Them is a novel about the conditions of love during the most stressful period two people can live through.
Johan and Ann who are beautifully portrayed with great empathy and strength live in chock and desperation and hopeful anticipation as their 11 year old son Andreas is in a coma. How are they to continue their lives? Will it ever be any more than “a holiday before death”? And – the biggest question of all – will Andreas come back to them?
Åke Edwardson is one of Sweden’s most important writers. He has been nomited for the August Prize and he has received a number of awards. He has won over millions of readers, both in Sweden and abroad, with his books. Now he returns to the literary landscape that he left behind with Genomresa (En Route) and Jukebox.