NEWS
27 JANUARY — LAST WILL available for pre-order
Last Will, the sixth installment in the Annika Bengtzon series where Annika finds herself caught in the middle of an intricate drama with links to Alfred Nobel, and this time not merely as a reporter but as a key witness, will be published in the US on April 10th. You can already pre-order the book here.
13 JANUARY – Swedish Marketing Campaign
Liza's Swedish publisher Piratförlaget recently ran a huge marketing campaign for Borderline in the Stockholm subway. Please click the thumbnails below to see some pictures from the campaign.
10 JANUARY — NOBEL'S LAST WILL movie trailer
Please click the link below to watch the movie trailer for the Swedish film adaptation of Liza Marklund's Nobel's Last Will. The movie will premier in Sweden next month.
9 JANUARY — BORDERLINE No. 2 in Norway
Borderline is No. 2 on the Norwegian Bestseller list. In this novel Annika Bengtzon is dragged into a violent hostage situation that shakes both Europe and East Africa at the same times as a murder spree in Stockholm's suburbs continues and speculations of a serial killer arises.
7 DECEMBER — BORDERLINE No. 1 in Finland
Borderline is No. 1 on the Finnish Bestseller list.
28 NOVEMBER — BORDERLINE on Scandinavian Bestseller Lists
Liza Marklund's latest novel Borderline, the ninth book about crime reporter Annika Bengtzon, is currently No. 3 on the Norwegian bestseller list and No. 2 on the Danish bestseller list.
16 NOVEMBER — Distribution rights to NOBEL'S LAST WILL sold to U.S.
Feature film Nobel's Last Will, based on the novel by Liza Marklund, will be shown at the cinemas in the United States. Malabar Entertainment bought the distribution rights during the recently conducted American Film Market in Los Angeles. A total of 30 countries has now bought the film rights to the movie where Malin Crepin stars as crime reporter Annika Bengtzon, this happened even before the film had its theatrical release. Nobel's Last Will is the first in a series of six films based on Liza Marklund's successful books about Annika Bengtzon. Danish star director Peter Flinth is the director of the movie and starring are Bjorn Kjellman, Leif Andree, Kajsa Ernst and Erik Johansson along side Malin Crepin. The movie will premier in the cinemas in Scandinavia in Spring 2012.
7 NOVEMBER — Annika Bengtzon on the front-page of The Hollywood Reporter
The movie adaption of Liza Marklund's Nobel's Last Will had its first screening abroad yesterday at the AFM, American Film Market, in Los Angeles. There will be a screening of the movie today as well. Below is the front-page of The Hollywood Reporter's AFM issue.
1 NOVEMBER — Pictures and videos from the LITQUAKE FESTIVAL
Please click the links below to see pictures and videos from Liza's event at the Litquake Festival in San Francisco:
Litseen
Nordic Noir Selection
27 SEPTEMBER — Liza at the LITQUAKE FESTIVAL in October
Liza will travel to San Francisco in October to attend the Nordic Noir: A Dark and Stormy Night of Scandinavian Crime Fiction event at the Litquake Festival. The event will take place at 8pm on Friday 14th. Please check out their website to find out more: Litquake Festival
Liza's attendance at the festival was mentioned in The New York Times, please click the link to read more.
13 JUNE — THE ANNA LINDH MEMORIAL FUND
Liza was a close friend of Anna Lindh's, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs who was murdered in 2003. Today, she hands out a scholarship on behalf of the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund. The laureate is Anna Thunes, a driving spirit in the struggle against domestic violence.
12 MAY — LIZA goes to Cannes
Liza will be in Cannes this weekend for the promo of Nobel's Last Will. The movie, which is currently in post-production, is directed by Peter Flinth and produced by YellowBird and Nordisk Film.
26 APRIL — Research in Nairobi
I'm off on a research trip to Nairobi, which (hopefully) is the last one I'll need to do for my new novel. When I get back I'll just wrap it up!
19 APRIL — FOR EVERY KID
Unicef Sweden is launching its big campaign "For Every Kid" and Liza, as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, is taking part. She has held a speech at Sergel Square in Stockholm and written a large piece about children in Colombia in the daily Expressen.
6 APRIL — Reviews of NEW VOICES SING OLD SONGS
Liza's new essay collection has been receiving great reviews in Sweden. Here are a couple of the latest ones:
"Liza Marklund's New Voices Sing Old Songs is an important and very urgent book. She is not silent. She screams in anger and righteous rage. Listen to her."
Helsingborgs Dagblad (Sweden)
"Fearless debater, skilled columnist and extraordinarily successful author - there is only one person who can measure up to Liza Marklund in contemporary Sweden: her colleague Jan Guillou."
Norrbottens-Kuriren (Sweden)
23 MARCH — NEW VOICES SING OLD SONGS
Liza's new book is out in Sweden! Her essay collection New Voices Sing Old Songs is a warm, sharp and intimate portrait of one of Sweden's most successful and controversial authors.
16 MARCH 2011
Update from my cave: I'm deep deep deep into my new novel right now. Part One is finished and I'm trying to find the pace and heart of Part Two. If you try to talk to me, I'll just go: What? Eh? Who me?
4 MARCH 2011 — RED WOLF reviewed in The New York Times!
"You can trust Liza Marklund's description of her hard-nosed heroine, Annika Bengtzon, an investigative reporter on a Stockholm daily with the enviable freedom to write just about anything she well pleases. /.../ Despite her messy personal life, Bengtzon hangs on to the uncompromising ethics and sense of justice that make her a welcome figure in the ranks of Scandinavian sleuths."
28 FEBRUARY 2011
I visited the shooting location of Nobel's Last Will the other week. It's really weird when my characters come up to me to introduce themselves. Is this what God feels like?
Yellowbird, the production company behind The Millenium Trilogy, have now begun to shoot their Annika Bengtzon feature film.
17 FEBRUARY 2011
Red Wolf has just been sold to Bulgaria! Colibri Publishers will publish it in Bulgarian next year.
16 FEBRUARY 2011
As of yesterday, Red Wolf is out in the bookstores in the US. Get your own copy now!
10 FEBRUARY 2011
Red Wolf and two other Annika Bengtzon novels have just been sold to Taiwan, a great addition to the long list of countries that already publish the series.
4 FEBRUARY 2011
I'm back in Europe after my journey through South America. I've met people under hard circumstances in Cuba, Colombia and Argentina, and what always strikes me on these trips is how easily poverty could be erased.
Problem is, the powers that be don't want it eradicated.
For exclusive news and videos, don't forget to visit Liza's Facebook fan page.
25 JANUARY 2011 — On the road in South America
Liza is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, doing research for an upcoming book project.
18 JANUARY 2011 — Liza for UNICEF in Colombia
Liza arrives in Colombia this week for meetings with the UNICEF office in Bogotá. She is going to study various UNICEF projects in the Colombian countryside.
14 JANUARY 2011 — Starred reviews for Red Wolf in the US!
Publisher's Weekly calls Red Wolf a "superb fifth novel featuring Stockholm journalist Annika Bengtzon" and continue that "Marklund imbues Annika with a fierce intensity without sacrificing her vulnerability." Library Journal enjoys how "Marklund blends the sociology and politics of contemporary Sweden with a taut mystery, capturing the Scandinavian chill as she builds suspense to an eminently satisfying conclusion."
13 JANUARY 2011 — Annika Bengtzon to the big screen
Yellow Bird Productions, the company behind the adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series will soon begin shooting Nobel's Last Will, the sixth installment in the Annika Bengtzon series. Yellow Bird currently has six Annika Bengtzon novels in different stages of production. For more information, click here.
12 JANUARY 2011 — Liza Marklund's Website Officially Launched!
Welcome to the official website of Scandinavian Queen of Crime. The site will feature regular updates about Liza and her internationally bestselling Annika Bengtzon series. Please remember to sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest news!
27 JANUARY — LAST WILL available for pre-order
Last Will, the sixth installment in the Annika Bengtzon series where Annika finds herself caught in the middle of an intricate drama with links to Alfred Nobel, and this time not merely as a reporter but as a key witness, will be published in the US on April 10th. You can already pre-order the book here.
13 JANUARY – Swedish Marketing Campaign
Liza's Swedish publisher Piratförlaget recently ran a huge marketing campaign for Borderline in the Stockholm subway. Please click the thumbnails below to see some pictures from the campaign.
10 JANUARY — NOBEL'S LAST WILL movie trailer
Please click the link below to watch the movie trailer for the Swedish film adaptation of Liza Marklund's Nobel's Last Will. The movie will premier in Sweden next month.
9 JANUARY — BORDERLINE No. 2 in Norway
Borderline is No. 2 on the Norwegian Bestseller list. In this novel Annika Bengtzon is dragged into a violent hostage situation that shakes both Europe and East Africa at the same times as a murder spree in Stockholm's suburbs continues and speculations of a serial killer arises.
7 DECEMBER — BORDERLINE No. 1 in Finland
Borderline is No. 1 on the Finnish Bestseller list.
28 NOVEMBER — BORDERLINE on Scandinavian Bestseller Lists
Liza Marklund's latest novel Borderline, the ninth book about crime reporter Annika Bengtzon, is currently No. 3 on the Norwegian bestseller list and No. 2 on the Danish bestseller list.
16 NOVEMBER — Distribution rights to NOBEL'S LAST WILL sold to U.S.
Feature film Nobel's Last Will, based on the novel by Liza Marklund, will be shown at the cinemas in the United States. Malabar Entertainment bought the distribution rights during the recently conducted American Film Market in Los Angeles. A total of 30 countries has now bought the film rights to the movie where Malin Crepin stars as crime reporter Annika Bengtzon, this happened even before the film had its theatrical release. Nobel's Last Will is the first in a series of six films based on Liza Marklund's successful books about Annika Bengtzon. Danish star director Peter Flinth is the director of the movie and starring are Bjorn Kjellman, Leif Andree, Kajsa Ernst and Erik Johansson along side Malin Crepin. The movie will premier in the cinemas in Scandinavia in Spring 2012.
7 NOVEMBER — Annika Bengtzon on the front-page of The Hollywood Reporter
The movie adaption of Liza Marklund's Nobel's Last Will had its first screening abroad yesterday at the AFM, American Film Market, in Los Angeles. There will be a screening of the movie today as well. Below is the front-page of The Hollywood Reporter's AFM issue.
1 NOVEMBER — Pictures and videos from the LITQUAKE FESTIVAL
Please click the links below to see pictures and videos from Liza's event at the Litquake Festival in San Francisco:
Litseen
Nordic Noir Selection
27 SEPTEMBER — Liza at the LITQUAKE FESTIVAL in October
Liza will travel to San Francisco in October to attend the Nordic Noir: A Dark and Stormy Night of Scandinavian Crime Fiction event at the Litquake Festival. The event will take place at 8pm on Friday 14th. Please check out their website to find out more: Litquake Festival
Liza's attendance at the festival was mentioned in The New York Times, please click the link to read more.
13 JUNE — THE ANNA LINDH MEMORIAL FUND
Liza was a close friend of Anna Lindh's, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs who was murdered in 2003. Today, she hands out a scholarship on behalf of the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund. The laureate is Anna Thunes, a driving spirit in the struggle against domestic violence.
12 MAY — LIZA goes to Cannes
Liza will be in Cannes this weekend for the promo of Nobel's Last Will. The movie, which is currently in post-production, is directed by Peter Flinth and produced by YellowBird and Nordisk Film.
26 APRIL — Research in Nairobi
I'm off on a research trip to Nairobi, which (hopefully) is the last one I'll need to do for my new novel. When I get back I'll just wrap it up!
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19 APRIL — FOR EVERY KID
Unicef Sweden is launching its big campaign "For Every Kid" and Liza, as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, is taking part. She has held a speech at Sergel Square in Stockholm and written a large piece about children in Colombia in the daily Expressen.
6 APRIL — Reviews of NEW VOICES SING OLD SONGS
Liza's new essay collection has been receiving great reviews in Sweden. Here are a couple of the latest ones:
"Liza Marklund's New Voices Sing Old Songs is an important and very urgent book. She is not silent. She screams in anger and righteous rage. Listen to her."
Helsingborgs Dagblad (Sweden)
"Fearless debater, skilled columnist and extraordinarily successful author - there is only one person who can measure up to Liza Marklund in contemporary Sweden: her colleague Jan Guillou."
Norrbottens-Kuriren (Sweden)
23 MARCH — NEW VOICES SING OLD SONGS
Liza's new book is out in Sweden! Her essay collection New Voices Sing Old Songs is a warm, sharp and intimate portrait of one of Sweden's most successful and controversial authors.
16 MARCH 2011
Update from my cave: I'm deep deep deep into my new novel right now. Part One is finished and I'm trying to find the pace and heart of Part Two. If you try to talk to me, I'll just go: What? Eh? Who me?
—
4 MARCH 2011 — RED WOLF reviewed in The New York Times!
"You can trust Liza Marklund's description of her hard-nosed heroine, Annika Bengtzon, an investigative reporter on a Stockholm daily with the enviable freedom to write just about anything she well pleases. /.../ Despite her messy personal life, Bengtzon hangs on to the uncompromising ethics and sense of justice that make her a welcome figure in the ranks of Scandinavian sleuths."
28 FEBRUARY 2011
I visited the shooting location of Nobel's Last Will the other week. It's really weird when my characters come up to me to introduce themselves. Is this what God feels like?
—
23 FEBRUARY 2011
Yellowbird, the production company behind The Millenium Trilogy, have now begun to shoot their Annika Bengtzon feature film.
17 FEBRUARY 2011
Red Wolf has just been sold to Bulgaria! Colibri Publishers will publish it in Bulgarian next year.
16 FEBRUARY 2011
As of yesterday, Red Wolf is out in the bookstores in the US. Get your own copy now!
10 FEBRUARY 2011
Red Wolf and two other Annika Bengtzon novels have just been sold to Taiwan, a great addition to the long list of countries that already publish the series.
4 FEBRUARY 2011
I'm back in Europe after my journey through South America. I've met people under hard circumstances in Cuba, Colombia and Argentina, and what always strikes me on these trips is how easily poverty could be erased.
Problem is, the powers that be don't want it eradicated.
—
3 FEBRUARY 2011 — Liza on Facebook
For exclusive news and videos, don't forget to visit Liza's Facebook fan page.
25 JANUARY 2011 — On the road in South America
Liza is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, doing research for an upcoming book project.
18 JANUARY 2011 — Liza for UNICEF in Colombia
Liza arrives in Colombia this week for meetings with the UNICEF office in Bogotá. She is going to study various UNICEF projects in the Colombian countryside.
14 JANUARY 2011 — Starred reviews for Red Wolf in the US!
Publisher's Weekly calls Red Wolf a "superb fifth novel featuring Stockholm journalist Annika Bengtzon" and continue that "Marklund imbues Annika with a fierce intensity without sacrificing her vulnerability." Library Journal enjoys how "Marklund blends the sociology and politics of contemporary Sweden with a taut mystery, capturing the Scandinavian chill as she builds suspense to an eminently satisfying conclusion."
13 JANUARY 2011 — Annika Bengtzon to the big screen
Yellow Bird Productions, the company behind the adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series will soon begin shooting Nobel's Last Will, the sixth installment in the Annika Bengtzon series. Yellow Bird currently has six Annika Bengtzon novels in different stages of production. For more information, click here.
12 JANUARY 2011 — Liza Marklund's Website Officially Launched!
Welcome to the official website of Scandinavian Queen of Crime. The site will feature regular updates about Liza and her internationally bestselling Annika Bengtzon series. Please remember to sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest news!
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"An astonishing talent. /.../ Liza Marklund's thrillers are stellar examples of those qualities inherent in the best fiction: She wholly immerses the reader in her world, and she writes with consummate intelligence, consistency and passion." —Jeffery Deaver |
