30 Quotes by Camilla Läckberg

Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It’s cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson’s home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.

If I can hit No. 1 on the ‘New York Times’ best-seller list, I’m thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.

Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.

I don’t feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.

One of the things I’m really good at is procrastinating.

In Sweden, we’ve moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children.

I do listen to Abba. And a lot of ’80s and ’90s pop music.

Swedish taxes are high, and we don’t get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren’t so good.

I’ve always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. ‘Marketing’ and ‘PR’ were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.