Åsa Larsson

Åsa Larsson
Åsa Larsson at the 2013 literary festival in Cologne
Born
Åsa Elena Larsson

Uppsala, Sweden
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
Period2003–2013
GenreCrime fiction
Notable worksSun Storm
The Blood Spilt
The Black Path
Until Thy Wrath be Past
The Second Deadly Sin

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[citation needed] was born in Uppsala, but raised in Kiruna in the far north of Sweden.[citation needed] She is the granddaughter of the Olympic skier Erik August Larsson.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Larsson was a tax lawyer.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

Other

References

  1. ↑ Erik Larsson. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Erik Larsson. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. ↑ "Svenska Deckarakademin". 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Åsa Larsson". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 Hirons, Paul (8 January 2021). "rebecka martinsson review – The Killing Times". The Killing Times. Retrieved 6 April 2025.