Åsa Larsson
Åsa Larsson is a Swedish crime-fiction writer. Although born in Uppsala, she was raised in Kiruna in the far north. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Larsson was a tax lawyer, a profession she shares with the heroine of her novels, Rebecka Martinsson. Her first Rebecka Martinsson novel, Solstorm, was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Association prize for best first novel. It was published in the UK and was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. 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. 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.
She is a granddaughter of the Olympic skier Erik August Larsson.Rebecka Martinsson novels
- 2003 – Solstorm; English translation: Sun Storm, The Savage Altar, 2006
- 2004 – Det blod som spillts; English translation: The Blood Spilt, 2007
- 2006 – Svart stig; English translation: The Black Path, 2008
- 2008 – Till dess din vrede upphör; English translation: Until Thy Wrath be Past, 2011
- 2011 – Till offer åt Molok; English translation: The Second Deadly Sin, 2014
Other
- 2003 – Upptäck jorden
- 2005 - Aurinkomyrsky
- 2007 – Systrarna Hietala
- 2009 – Guds starka arm
- 2012 – Tjernaja tropa
