Anders Roslund

Anders Roslund was born in Jönköping on 1 January 1961. He grew up in Kristianstad. He lived from time to time at the home of his grandfather where life was quieter than at his own house. He had literary ambitions from an early age. == Career==

Journalism Roslund moved to Stockholm. In the early 1990s, he was published in the anthology titled Grupp 90, before his work as a TV journalist began to take up more and more of his time. From 1991 to 1992, he worked for the Swedish national broadcaster SVT as a reporter on Rapport. From 1992 to 1993, he was a reporter for the current affairs programme Halv 8 med Stina Dabrowski on TV3, and then returned to SVT and Rapport from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 1999, he moved to Aktuellt as a reporter and news director. In 2000, he was tasked with launching Kulturnyheterna, also a current affairs programme, which he headed until 2004, after which he transitioned to becoming a full-time author. Roslund has won several journalism awards but his work also brought enemies. He was put on a "death list" of an extremist far-right-wing organisation, and for a while employed a bodyguard and was protected by moving into safe houses. He discussed his experience with another Swedish crime writer, Stieg Larsson, who had also received death threats from Neo-Nazis. was one of the founders of '''' (KRIS), an organisation devoted to rehabilitating former criminals. The duo made their debut with the crime novel Odjuret (Pen 33 / The Beast) in 2004. Their novels put a particular emphasis on the roles of victim and perpetrator, offering a morally grey portrayal of motive and responsibility. Their works have been translated into more than 30 languages. Anton Svensson - Roslund & Thunberg Writing as Anton Svensson, Roslund and , forming the writing duo Roslund & Thunberg, have published the crime novels Björndansen (2014) (The Father : Made in Sweden. Part I, 2016), and En bror att dö för (2017) (The Sons: Made in Sweden. Part II, 2018). Both translated into many languages. Thunberg is a Swedish screenwriter and author. He has written screenplays for False Trail, as well as everal of the films featuring the fictional characters Martin Beck, Carl Hamilton, and Kurt Wallander. More recently (2017–2021), he has written screenplays for several TV series. Continued writing Roslund continued writing novels in the Detective Inspector Ewert Grens series after Hellström's death, publishing no. 9 in the series, Jamåhonleva (Knock Knock) in 2019. Film rights in the US were sold to Thunder Road. The Informer, a 2019 crime thriller film, is based on Roslund & Hellström’s Three Seconds, directed by Andrea Di Stefano and written by Matt Cook. It stars Joel Kinnaman as the title character, alongside Rosamund Pike, Common, Ana de Armas and Clive Owen. Box 21 and Cell 8 (Edward Finnigans upprättelse) were made into TV series directed by Swedish director Johan Brisinger, in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Both starred Leonard Terfelt and Mimosa Willamo as detectives Ewert Grens and Mariana Hermansson. Box 21 was filmed in Bucharest and Stockholm, while Cell 8 was filmed in Estonia. == Other activities ==

Roslund also worked within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service for several years. ==Bibliography==

• Winner, Glass Key Award in 2005 for Pen 33 • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel in 2005 by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, for Box 21 • Winner, Stockholm City's Book of the Year in 2005 for Box 21 • Winner, Guldpocket (Gold Paperback) for the year's Most Sold Swedish Crime Novel (more than 50 000 copies sold) in 2005 for Pen 33 () • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel in 2006 by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy for Cell 8 • Winner, Platinapocket (Platinum Paperback) for the year's Most Sold Swedish Crime Novel (more than 100,000 copies sold) in 2006 for Box 21 • Nominated, Bookseller's Prize – Box 21 • Winner, Platinapocket for The Year's Most Sold Swedish Crime Novel in 2007 for Cell 8 • Nominated, Bookseller's Prize – Cell 8 • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel in 2007 by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy for Flickan under gatan • Winner, Platinapocket for The Year's Most Sold Swedish Crime Novel in 2008 for Flickan Under Gatan • Winner, Best Swedish Crime Novel 2009 – Three Seconds • On the New York Times list of Notable Crime Fiction for 2009 Box 21 • Awarded the Swedish Stora Läsarpriset (The Great Reader's Prize) 2010, for Three Seconds • Nominated, Glass Key Award in 2010, for Three Seconds • Winner, Best foreign mystery & thriller novel translated into Romanian by Romanian Crime Writers Club 2010, for Box 21 • Awarded Platinapocket for The Year's Most Sold Swedish Crime Novel in 2010 for Three Seconds • Winner, CWA International Dagger 2011 for The Best translated crime, thriller, suspense or spy fiction novel, for UK publication. – Three Seconds • Nominated, Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel 2011, for Three Seconds • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel 2012, for Two Soldiers • Nominated, CWA International Dagger 2013 for Best translated crime, thriller, suspense or spy fiction novel, for UK publication, for Two Soldiers • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel 2016, for Three Minutes • Winner, Konomys Award for ‘Best Asian Suspense Novel’ Japan 2017, for The Father : Made in Sweden. Part I • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel 2017, for The Sons : Made in Sweden. Part II • Nominated, Best Swedish Crime Novel 2018, for Three Hours • Shortlisted for Vrij Nederland’s Thriller of the Year Award 2018 Netherlands for Three Hours • Shortlisted for the Prix du Polar Européen (Best Crime Novel of the Year) France 2019 for Three Seconds • Shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award in 2020, Sweden for Knock Knock • Shortlisted for MAX Zilveren Vleermuis award (Best Thriller of the Year) 2021, The Netherlands Sweet Dreams () • Shortlisted for the Petrona Award (Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year) UK – 2022, for Knock Knock ==See also==