Liza Marklund

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Liza Marklund at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2005

Liza Marklund (born 9 September 1962 in Pålmark near Piteå, Norrbotten, Sweden) is a Swedish journalist and detective fiction writer.

Most of her books feature a newspaper journalist called Annika Bengtzon. Some readers consider her style of language to be influenced by her career writing for evening tabloids.

Marklund has been vocal in the debate surrounding the Swedish social issue of depopulation in inland areas of Norrland, as well as issues relating to the treatment of women.

Marklund lives in Stockholm with her husband Mikael.

[edit] Bibliography

Gömda (1995; updated edition 2000)
Sprängaren (1998) (The Bomber, trans. Kajsa von Hofsten, 2000)
Studio sex (1999) (Studio 69, trans. Kajsa von Hofsten, 2002)
Paradiset (2000) (Paradise, trans. Ingrid Eng-Rundlow, 2004)
Prime Time (2002) (Prime Time, English translation due to be published 2006)
Den röda vargen (2003)
Asyl (2004)
Nobels testamente (2006)

[edit] Chronology

The Annika Bengtzon series has not been written in the order in which the events of the novels take place. The chronological order is as follows:

Studio 69 (1999) - takes place eight years before the action of The Bomber.
Paradise (2000) - a direct continuation of Studio 69.
Prime time (2002) - the action occurs between Paradise and The Bomber.
The Bomber (1998)
Den röda vargen (2003) - an independent story which picks up from the end of The Bomber.
Nobels testamente (2006) - Takes place some months after Den röda vargen