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Kerstin Ekman

Born

in Risinge, Sweden

August 27, 1933

Genre

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: 3.75 · 23,061 ratings · 2,027 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	Löpa varg 3.93 avg rating — 8,327 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman, Joan Tate (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 6,033 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunden by Kerstin Ekman, Henrik Krogh (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 1,383 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guds barmhärtighet (Vargskinnet, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 721 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grand final i skojarbranschen 3.60 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mordets praktik 3.28 avg rating — 740 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forest of Hours by Kerstin Ekman, Anna Paterson (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 1988 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Häxringarna 3.55 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1974 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sista rompan (Vargskinnet, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skraplotter (Vargskinnet, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Om en gran inte blir nersågad så slutar det efter årtionden med att den brakar omkull och blir till en låga. Den murknar och genomborras av insektsliv. Svampar och tickor när sig på den. Mossor och lavar. Den är full av ett annat liv än sitt eget. Och sen blir den förna, mullbädd för nya frön.”
― Kerstin Ekman, Löpa varg

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