Stieg Larsson

Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (August 15, 1954, to November 9, 2004) was a Swedish journalist and writer. He was the world's second-best-selling fiction author in 2008, behind Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini, thanks to the popularity of the English version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Stieg Larsson is best known for the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were released posthumously after the author died abruptly of a heart attack in 2005. The trilogy was converted into three films in Sweden and one in the United States (for the first book only). David Lagercrantz was commissioned by the publisher to expand the trilogy into a lengthier series, which now comprises six books as of September 2019. Larsson spent much of his life in Stockholm, where he worked and resided. His journalistic work focused on socialist politics, and he also worked as an independent right-wing extremism researcher.

Famous Books: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest,...