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I never intended to be a writer; it was like a latent illness that finally broke out when the urge could no longer be suppressed. Growing up on Gotland, my imagination was fueled by my father and great-grandmother, both master storytellers, and my mother, who read to us nightly.
I worked as a nurse for 25 years, only turning to writing at age 40 after meeting an elderly woman who had been abused by her mentally ill son. My dismay at her story inspired my first Maria Wern crime novel, Stum sitter guden (The Speechless God). After balancing nursing and writing for nine years, the loss of my husband in 2007 and my children moving out shortly thereafter prompted me to take the leap into writing full-time.
It has been a rewarding journey. The Maria Wern series is now a global TV phenomenon, and I’ve since expanded into feel-good fiction and new crime series, earning several awards, among them the Crime Time Honorary Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Bonnier’s Book Clubs, which I am especially honored to have received. I also created a children’s series featuring Maria’s son, Emil.
Today, I find immense happiness in my upstairs writing nook, where my imagination ensures I am never truly alone. I am so glad that my readers want to join me on my adventures.
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