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Kerstin Ekman

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born

August 27, 1933 in Risinge, Sweden

gender

female

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Kerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.
She began her career with a string of successful detective novels (among others De tre små mästarna ("The Three Little Masters") and Dödsklockan ("The Death Clock")) but later went on to persue psychological and social themes. Among her later works are Mörker och blåbärsris ("Darkness and Blueberries"), set in northern Sweden, and Händelser vid vatten (translated as Blackwater), in which she returned to the form of the detective novel.
Ekman was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1978, but left the Academy in 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Werner Aspenström, due to the debate following death threats posed to Salman Rushdie. According to the rules of the Academy, however, she will...more

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Average rating: 3.56 · 819 ratings · 111 reviews · 27 distinct works

	Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman, Joan Tate (Translator) 3.48 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1993 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Forest of Hours by Kerstin Ekman, Anna Paterson (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Under the Snow by Kerstin Ekman, Joan Tate (Translator), Ekman 3.26 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Dog by Kerstin Ekman, Linda Schenck (Translator), Rochelle Wright (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Grand final i skojarbranschen 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Skraplotter 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Sista rompan 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Witches' Rings by Kerstin Ekman, Linda Schenck (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mordets praktik 3.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	God's Mercy by Kerstin Ekman, Linda Schenck (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kerstin Ekman

The Wolfskin Trilogy (3 books)
by Kerstin Ekman

3.85 avg rating — 74 ratings

The Women and the Town (4 books)
by Kerstin Ekman, Linda Schenck (Translator)

3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings

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March Fantasy: This poll decides which 2 books move on the the run-off poll for March Fantasy Book of the Month!

Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg

11 votes, 23.4%

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente

7 votes, 14.9%

The Stone Mage and the Sea by Sean Williams

6 votes, 12.8%

Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip

5 votes, 10.6%

Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

4 votes, 8.5%

Forest of Hours by Kerstin Ekman

4 votes, 8.5%

The Etched City by K.J. Bishop

4 votes, 8.5%

Finch by Jeff VanderMeer

3 votes, 6.4%

The Silent Gondoliers by William Goldman

3 votes, 6.4%

47 total votes

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