Stieg Larsson | |
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| Born | Karl Stig-Erland Larsson 15 August 1954 Skelleftehamn, Sweden |
| Died | 9 November 2004 (aged 50) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Journalist, novelist |
| Period | 1990s–2004 |
| Genre | Crime fiction, thriller |
| Notable works | The Millennium Trilogy |
| Partner | Eva Gabrielsson (1974–2004; his death) |
| Relatives | Knut Erland Fridolf Larsson (father), Gerd Dagny Vivianne Boström (mother) |
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Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (/stiːɡ ˈlɑːrsən/, Swedish: [ˈkɑːɭ stiːɡ ˈæ̌ːɭand ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn]; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack. The trilogy was adapted as three motion pictures in Sweden, and one in the U.S. (for the first book only). The publisher commissioned David Lagercrantz to write the next trilogy, and Karin Smirnoff to write the third trilogy in the series, which has seven novels as of September 2024[update]. For much of his life, Larsson lived and worked in Stockholm. His journalistic work covered socialist politics and he acted as an independent researcher of right-wing extremism.
He was the second-best-selling fiction author in the world for 2008, owing to the success of the English translation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, behind the Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini.[1] The third and final novel in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, became the bestselling book in the United States in 2010, according to Publishers Weekly.[2] By March 2015, his series had sold 80 million copies worldwide.[3]
- ^ "Bestselling fiction authors in the world for 2008". AbeBooks. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ Maryles, Daisy (3 September 2011). "The Winning Game: 2010 Hardcovers: Facts & Figures 2011". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ Begley, Sarah (21 March 2015). "Here's the Cover for the New Book in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series". Time. Retrieved 17 June 2015.