Varg Gyllander
Varg Gyllander (* 1964 in Scania ) is a Swedish author of crime novels and press officer of the Swedish Police Department County of Stockholm .
Life
Gyllander was born in Skåne as the son of an oil tanker captain. Since his family moved frequently, he grew up in Stockholm , Norrköping , Linköping and Borgholm . In Karlskrona he graduated from the Swedish Navy Officers College . He then worked as a naval officer, teacher, and cook. Most recently he attended a journalism school and worked for two years for the newspaper Norrköpings Tidningar . While working for the news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå (TT) he worked with the writer Stieg Larsson . First Gyllander was employed as a press secretary for the Swedish Criminal Police and then as press spokesman for the Stockholm Police Department. He lives with his two sons in the Stockholm district of Stora Essingen .
Gyllander became known with his crime novels, the protagonists of which are the meticulous and withdrawn forensic scientist Ulf Holtz and the forensic scientist Pia Levin. He made his debut in 2009 with "The Smiling Murderer". Of the four books published so far in the series, three have been published in German. In May 2014 the last and final part with the title “Min är hämnden” will be published.
Works
- 2009: "Somliga linor brister" (Ger. The smiling murderer , btb Verlag, Munich 2010, reading sample in the Google book search, ISBN 978-3-442-74146-5 )
- 2010: "Bara betydelsefulla dör" (Ger. Eiskalte Rache , btb Verlag, Munich 2011, reading sample in the Google book search, ISBN 978-3-442-74264-6 )
- 2011: "Det som vilar på botten" (German dead people don't talk , btb Verlag, Munich 2012, excerpt from Google book search, ISBN 978-3-442-74360-5 )
- 2012: "Ingen jord den andra lik" (Ger. No two earths are the same , btb Verlag, Munich 2014, excerpt in the Google book search ISBN 978-3-442-74745-0 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Varg Gyllander in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage Varg Gyllanders. Retrieved February 9, 2014 (Swedish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Varg Gyllander on Facebook.com
- ↑ Jürgen Ruckh: The biography of the author Varg Gyllander. February 2011, accessed February 9, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gyllander, Varg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gentle |