While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.

You should never ask, 'What would the readers like now?' Instead, you should ask, 'What would I like if I was a reader?' And then you must trust your own mind.

If you want to start reading Swedish crime fiction, you have to start with Sjowall and Wahloo.

I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.

A good story can travel in time and borders; it hits you no matter where you are.

Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.