Åke Edwardson
Åke Edwardson (born 10 March 1953 in Eksjö, Småland) is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at University of Gothenburg, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set. Edwardson has had many jobs, including as a journalist and press officer for the United Nations and his crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Award for best crime novel. His first novel to be translated into English, in 2005, was Sun and Shadow.
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Åke Edwardson
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- Name
- Åke Edwardson
- Born
- 10 March 1953
- Birthplace
- Eksjö, Småland, Sweden
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- journalist · writer · university teacher
- Fields
- journalism · literary activity · detective literature
- Honours
- Author of the Year · Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
- Languages
- Swedish
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The second, Never End, followed in 2006. In a Spiegel Online interview on 21 June 2008, Edwardson declared that he would not write any more crime novels after 10 episodes about his protagonist Winter.
The recorded working language is Swedish. The field of work recorded is journalism, literary activity and detective literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are children's and crime. Places of work recorded in the authority are Gothenburg. Employment is recorded with University of Gothenburg. Distinctions recorded are Author of the Year and Best Swedish Crime Novel Award.
Photograph of the Swedish crime novelist Åke Edwardson wile signing one of his latest books at the annual Book Fair in Gothenburg, September 24th 2006.
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The swedish author Åke Edwardsson at Gothenburg book fair 2008
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• Name — Åke Edwardson • Born — 10 March 1953 • Birthplace — Eksjö, Småland, Sweden • Genre — Crime fiction, Children's books
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Åke Edwardson, born in 1953, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Inspector Erik Winter series
Inspector Erik Winter series
• Dans med en ängel (1997) Erik Winter novel translated as 'Death Angels' by Ken Schubert (2009) • Rop från långt avstånd (1998) Erik Winter novel translated as 'The Shadow Woman' by Per Carlsson (2010) • Sun and Shadow: an Erik Winter novel (translated by Laurie Thompson) (Sol och skugga 1999) • Never End: an Erik Winter novel (translated by Laurie Thompson) (Låt det aldrig ta slut, 2000) • Frozen Tracks: an inspector Erik Winter novel (translated by Laurie Thompson) (Himlen är en plats på jorden 2001) • Segel av sten (2002) Erik Winter novel, translated as 'Sail of Stone' (2012) • Room No. 10: Erik Winter Series #7(2013)
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