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2010-03-11

Two good news about Karin Wahlberg. Her latest crime success The Death of Carpet Dealer Olsson (Matthandlare Olssons död) is now on the magazine Svensk Bokhandel’s top list for the third month in a row.

 

In addition to that, an interactive crime novel by her (The Pier/Bryggan) is launched all over Sweden in a big campaign organized by the search company Lokaldelen.se.

 

2010-02-02

Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag recently launched The Wheel of Fortune by Kajsa Ingemarsson in Germany. The book has climbed the national top list rapidly and is currently at place number 12.

 

Update: The following week Kajsa Ingemarsson reached the top ten list and place # 9. And the next week # 6... Congratulations!

 

2010-02-01

Mats Strandberg's Half Lives (Halva liv) won the prize The Book of the Year at GayGalan 2010 in Stockholm. The gala is arranged every year by the QX Magazine. Congratulations, Mats!

 

2009-12-17

The agency is very pleased to welcome a both skilled and experienced debutant - Tove Alsterdal.

 

She recently debuted as a novelist with the international thriller The Women On The Beach (Kvinnorna på stranden, Lind & Co). The book is about a woman’s intense struggle to find her missing husband. The search leads her right into modern slave trade. The book has received tremendously good reviews which praise the language as well as the characters and the breathtaking action.

 

Tove Alsterdal knows her craftsmanship. She has worked as a journalist, novel dramaturgist and script writer for 25 years. Besides The Women On The Beach another recent project is the successful feel good movie So Different (Så olika) that Tove Alsterdal has written together with the actor and director Helena Bergström. More information within shortly.

 

2009-11-20

Maria Ernestam’s Buster’s Ears was recently released in Taiwan. After a couple of weeks it´s now number ten on the top list. The first print run sold out immediately and the publishing house Sun Color was quick to reprint.

 

2009-10-19

Today we congratulate Cilla Naumann! Her youth novel Bullets in the Heart is nominated to the prestigious August prize in the category “Swedish children and youth book of the year”. The winner will be announced at the August Gala, November 23.

 

2009-09-26

Inger Frimansson’s The Stronger (De starkare) won the prize Spårhunden, Best Youth Detective Novel of the Year. An arrangement by the Swedish Crime Writer Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin). Congratulations!

 

2009-09-18

Inger Frimansson’s The Stronger (De starkare), has been nominated for Spårhunden, Best Youth Detective Novel of the Year. Congratulations!

 

Spårhunden was founded by the magazine Jury in 2002 and is today arranged by the Swedish Crime Writer Academy. The winner will be appointed at the Detective Scene at Bok&Bibliotek, Saturday 26th of September 2009.

 

2009-08-29

Christine Falkenland will participate at the culture and literature festival Impressions d´Europé, Recontres littéraires Nordiques, in Nantes 6-8 November. The theme of the year, at this highly respected festival, is Nordic Literature. Christine Falkenland participates under the topic Portraits des femmes (Women’s portraits). During the three day festival there will be a number of meetings between authors as well as film showings and debates.

 

2009-08-17

After the holidays we’re proud to summarize that Anna Janssons Not Until the Giver is Dead (Först när givaren är död) and Kajsa Ingemarssons Simply Water (Bara vanligt vatten) achieved several good placings at the magazine Svensk Bokhandel’s monthly top lists during the summer. Congratulations!

 

2009-07-14

Today Katerina Janouch is hosting the popular radioshow “Summer”  in Swedish Public Service Radio, P1. The programme will be available for streaming on the chanel’s web site for 30 days.  

 

2009-07-07

The successful screen adaption of Anna Jansson’s crime novels about Detective Inspector Maria Wern continues. During the autumn WEproduction, in cooperation with Eyeworks, will shoot two more of Anna Janssons titles, The Speechless God (Stum sitter guden) and All the Tranquil Dead (Alla de stillsamma döda). In Sweden the tv-series will be broadcasted on TV4 starting 2010.

 

2009-05-28

A warm welcome to the agency’s first Danish author - Inger Wolf.

 

Inger Wolf worked many years as a translator before she started writing crime novels. Her first novel, A Dark End of Summer (Sort sensommer) won the Danish Detective Academy’s award for the most exciting debut novel in 2006. This coming autumn the third book in the series about superintendent Daniel Trokic and IT-specialist Lisa Kornelius will be released. More information within shortly.

 

2009-04-14

The film company eyefeed has signed an option agreement regarding the film rights for Eva Sanners Free Fall (Fritt fall). The book will be released in august.

 

2009-04-06

Today we give Christine Falkenland and Henrik Lange a warm welcome to Grand Agency.

 

Christine Falkenland is a prize winning author that writes charged and totally absorbing novels. Henrik Lange is an illustrator, cartoonist and graphic novelist with a great sense of humour. More information within shortly.

 

2009-03-23

A Grand welcome to yet another prominent author – Birgitta Stenberg.

 

Birgitta Stenberg is an award-winning author that has written books for more than 50 years. And she has several exciting projects on the way. More information about her authorship will be presented within shortly.

 

2009-03-17

We are proud and happy to welcome one of Sweden’s most loved and appreciated authors to Grand Agency – Viveca Lärn!

 

Viveca Lärn has written a great number of books for adults as well as children. She is probably best known for her cherished Saltön series that also became a popular tv-series. More information about Viveca Lärn will be presented within shortly.

 

2009-03-11

"Absolute top class". Good reviews from the danish newspaper Politiken after the first episode of the tv-series based on Anna Jansson’s Strange Bird (Främmande fågel).

 

2009-03-09

Congratulations to nine of Grand Agency’s authors who were all awarded prices at the Swedish Paperback Award Gala (Pocketparty), Monday March 9. The annual award ceremony is held by the Swedish publisher’s organization (Svenska Förläggareföreningen) and is presented in three values.

 

Platinum paperback (over 100 00 copies sold)

  • Kajsa Ingemarsson – Wheel of Fortune, (Lyckans hjul) novel, Månpocket
  • Markus Lutteman – El Choco (El Choco) true story, Månpocket

 

Gold paperback (over 50 00 copies sold)

  • Katerina Janouch – Summer Child (Sommarbarn) novel, Pocketförlaget
  • Anna Jansson – Boy Missing (Pojke försvunnen) crime novel, Månpocket
  • Jenny Leeb – Stella and Sebastian (Stella och Sebastian) novel, Pocketförlaget
  • Karin Wahlberg – The Comforter (Tröstaren) crime novel, Månpocket

 

Silver paperback (over 30 00 copies sold)

 

2009-03-09

A Grand paperback top list in Sweden for week # 10! Number one: Always with You (Alltid hos dig) by Maria Ernestam. Number two: The Art of Reading Minds (Konsten att läsa tankar) by Henrik Fexeus.

(Pocketgrossisten).

 

2009-02-16

Underverk Productions has signed an option agreement regarding the film rights for Catharina Ingelman-Sundbergs Stigmatized (Brännmärkt).

 

2008-12-16

The Wall Street Journal writes about Torkel Klingberg's The Overflowing Brain (Den översvämmade hjärnan). Read the article here (pdf).

 

2008-12-11

Karin Wahlberg’s The Comforter (Tröstaren) was recently released as a paperback in Sweden and immediately climbed to the first place at the Paperback Top List (Pocketgrossisten, week 50). Congratulations!

 

2008-11-21

Torkel Klingberg’s The Overflowing Brain (Den översvämmade hjärnan) is listed as number 2 on the Amazon Kindle’s "Top Movers & Shakers" list, for the week ending November 15, 2008. The sales rose with 1 450 %!

 

2008-11-18

The publishing house Forum’s advertising campaign for Henrik Fexeus’ When You Do What I Want You To (När du gör som jag vill) was awarded with silver at the advertising contest Guldlådan. Congratulations!

 

2008-11-05

The Swedish Crime Writer Academy has nominated Håkan Östlundh's Sacrifice (Blot) to best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. Congratulations!

 

The other nominees are Arne Dahl, Elisabeth Gilek, Åsa Larsson and Johan Theorin. The winner will be appointed at the Academy’s autumn meeting 29-30 November 2008.

 

2008-10-13

Breidablick Film buys film option on Maria Ernestam’s Caipirinha With Death (Caipirinha med Döden).

 

2008-09-24

We’re happy to welcome Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg and Markus Lutteman to Grand Agency!

 

Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg writes appreciated historical novels that have been sold to several countries. Markus Lutteman is a journalist that has written the bestseller El Choco, about a Swede in a Bolivian prison.

 

2008-09-17

TV success for Anna Jansson's’ Strange Bird (Främmande fågel).

 

Yesterday the first episode of the new drama series Strange Bird (Främmande fågel) was shown at TV4 in Sweden. The series is based on Anna Jansson's crime novel with the same name and had a very high number of viewers. 1,4 million persons watched the first part, about when the bird flu pandemic hits the Swedish island Gotland. Eva Röse plays the main character, police officer Maria Wern. The series will also be broadcasted in Norway.

 

2008-09-12

We are happy to welcome another author to Grand Agency!

 

Cilla Naumann writes fiction that is praised by the critics - page turners with many depths. More information soon.

 

2008-08-29

On the September best seller lists by the magazine Svensk Bokhandel a number of Grand Agency's authors appear.

 

Maria Eriksson's Emma, Mia's Daughter (Emma, Mias dotter) is at 2nd place on the hardcover nonfiction list. On the hardcover fiction list Denise Rudberg's Åse is found on the 8th and Not even the past (Inte ens det förflutna) by Anna Jansson on the 19th position. On the paperback fiction list Kajsa Ingemarsson's Wheel of Fortune (Lyckans hjul) landed on 8th place. And on the childrens and youth list we find Denise Rudberg once again, now at third place with Together: The Second Book (Tillsammans: Andra boken). Congratulations!

 

2008-08-15

Maria Eriksson's new book Emma, Mia's Daughter (Emma, Mias dotter) was released on August 8. Only a couple of days later it was on the top of the online best seller lists. This is the fourth book in the series about Mia and her family. The stories about a life on the run has touched millions of readers.

 

Anna Jansson's Not even the past (Inte ens det förflutna) - dreadfully exciting and praised by the critics - was also released this summer. Shortly after it had a position on the online best seller lists. Anna Jansson at her absolute best.

 

Denise Rudberg's Åse was released in July and got a very positive reception. The novel quickly climbed the best seller lists. Åse is about the decadent upper class, glamorous environments and difficult choices in life.

 

2008-06-02

Inger Frimansson’s Good Night My Darling, (God natt min älskade) recently won gold in the Book of the Year Awards, in the category translated novels.

 

The Book of the Year Awards is arranged by ForeWord Magazine, a magazine for independent publishers. The winners of 2007 were announced on May 30 2008 at the BookExpo America in Los Angeles.

 

The translation is made by Laura A. Wideburg. The sequel, The Shadow in the Water (Skuggan i vattnet), is released in early June in the USA. The publisher Caravel/Pleasure Boat Studio has also bought the rights to Island of the Naked Women (De nakna kvinnornas ö). Inger Frimansson’s Swedish publisher is Norstedts Förlag.

 

Good Night my Darling and The Shadow in the Water both won Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, 1998 and 2005, awarded by the Swedish Acacemy of Detection.

 

2008-05-30

Kajsa Ingemarsson is one of Sweden’s most appreciated authors and we give her a warm welcome to Grand Agency. Kajsa Ingemarsson writes wonderfully warm and entertaining novels about relations, challenges and turning points. A more detailed presentation will come within shortly.

 

2008-05-27

We are happy to welcome Michael Alonzo, Moa Herngren and Varg Gyllander to Grand Agency.

 

Michael Alonzo made his debut in 2007 with the autobiographical story Never Give Up (Ge aldrig upp) at Frank (imprint at Forum bokförlag). The freelance journalist and tv producer Moa Herngren’s first novel I’m Fine, Thanks (Allt är bara bra, tack) was released in 2007 by Albert Bonniers Förlag. Varg Gyllander works as press secretary and spokesperson at Rikskriminalpolisen (the Swedish FBI). His first crime novel will be published by Bra Böcker.

 

We will present these exciting authors more thoroughly shortly.

 

2008-04-18

AB Svensk Filmindustri  have optioned the film rights for Buster's Ears by Maria Ernestam. Rights for the book have previously been sold to Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Russia and Sweden. Read more about Buster's Ears here ...

 

2008-04-08

The author and  lawyer Lars Rambe's success story continues. Rights for his first crime mystery The Clue on the Pier (Spåren på bryggan, Kura Skymning Förlag), have been sold to dtv in Germany. Read more about Lars Rambe here ...

 

2008-03-29

We are happy to welcome crime novelist Anna Jansson to Grand Agency. Our representation starts June 29.