The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.

- Camilla Lackberg

I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

- Camilla Lackberg

In Sweden, we've moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children.

- Camilla Lackberg

Don't ever get old. With each year that passes, the old Viking idea of jumping off a cliff to one's death looks better and better. The only thing to …

- Camilla Lackberg

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no t…

- Camilla Lackberg

I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.

- Camilla Lackberg

One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

- Camilla Lackberg

If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulo…

- Camilla Lackberg

I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literar…

- Camilla Lackberg