The National Guard's position is that we're not going anywhere. To do that would take an enormous amount of resources, of which nobody has discussed with us.

New missions, new personnel and new equipment are hard to come by in this time of dwindling resources. This is a real feather in the cap for the Arizona Air National Guard.

There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'

Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.