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

Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.

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

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

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

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 literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.