Åke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction

Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator , either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.-In ancient literature:...

, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University

Gothenburg University

The University of Gothenburg is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg.- Character :The University of Gothenburg is the third-oldest Swedish university, and with 24,900 full-time students it is also among the largest universities in the Nordic countries...

, 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

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

, and his crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy

Swedish Crime Writers' Academy

The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy , is a Swedish organization set up in 1971 to promote the writing of detective fiction and crime fiction...

 Award for best crime novel. His first novel to be translated into English, in 2005, was Sun and Shadow

Sun and Shadow

Sun and Shadow is a 1999 novel by Åke Edwardson, part of the Inspector Winter series. It was published in English in 2005, translated by Laurie Thompson.- External links :*...

. The second, Never End

Never End

Never End is a crime novel by Swedish writer Åke Edwardson, and features his protagonist Inspector Erik Winter, who bucks the trend for Swedish detectives, being happily married, a new father, and supposedly the youngest Detective Inspector on the Swedish force...

, followed in 2006.

External links

• Author's website (in Swedish)