Thomas Engström
Thomas Engström (b. 1975), is a Swedish novelist and journalist. His third novel, West of Liberty, was published in October 2013 by Albert Bonniers Förlag. The book is the first in a series of political thrillers featuring former Stasi agent and CIA freelancer Ludwig Licht. The series explores the harsh realities of today's international political landscape.
West of Liberty earned Engström the Swedish Crime Academy's award for best crime writing debut of 2013.
South of Hell was published in August 2014. It takes place in rural Pennsylvania, as well as Washington, DC. It was nominated for the Best Swedish Suspense Novel of the Year Award.
Engström currently lives in the south of Sweden.
Journalism
An award-winning columnist, [1] Thomas Engström writes about international politics and culture in the news weekly Fokus and in the news daily Svenska Dagbladet. He has a law degree from Lund University.
Translations
Engström has translated some twenty titles from English, including the works of Barack Obama, Mark Bowden, Ian Kershaw, and Walter Isaacson.
Other
In the fall of 2009, Engström co-authored a pan-European Anthology on the state of European democracy, twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall – an assignment commissioned by the Danish Foreign Office.
Bibliography
- Söder om helvetet (South of Hell) (2014) Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Väster om friheten (West of Liberty) (2013) Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Dirty Dancer (Dirty Dancer) (2006) Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Mörker som gör gott (Otto) (2003) Albert Bonniers Förlag