ANNA JANSSON

High excitement and ethical dilemmas

Crime fiction - Kristoffer Bark series
MAY ETERNITY FORGIVE

MAY ETERNITY FORGIVE


TALKING TO THE DEAD

TALKING TO THE DEAD


Puppet on a String

Puppet on a String


THE SHADOW BEHIND YOU

THE SHADOW BEHIND YOU


Daughter Missing

Daughter Missing

Crime fiction - Maria Wern series

VICTIMS OF THE UNKNOWN


SWIFT WINGS OF DEATH

SWIFT WINGS OF DEATH


Bad Dreams

Bad Dreams


The Watchmen of Gallows Hill

The Watchmen of Gallows Hill


The Death List

The Death List


My Heart Is Yours

My Heart Is Yours


Woman on the Bench


What You Do Not Know

What You Do Not Know


Prisoners of Fear

Prisoners of Fear


Everyone Can See You

Everyone Can See You


Child of the Shadows

Child of the Shadows


A Dance on Glowing Embers

A Dance on Glowing Embers


When Beauty Came to Town

When Beauty Came to Town


The Eternal Flame of Alchemy

The Eternal Flame of Alchemy


Killer's Island

Killer’s Island


Not Until the Giver is Dead

Not Until the Giver is Dead


Not Even the Past

Not Even the Past


Boy Missing

Boy Missing


Strange Bird

Strange Bird


Black Butterfly

Black Butterfly


Dreams of Snow

Dreams of Snow


The Silver Crown

The Silver Crown


May Death Sleep

May Death Sleep


All the Tranquil Dead

All the Tranquil Dead


The Speechless God

The Speechless God

AUDIO/DIGITAL

WINTER MOON


YOU WERE MINE

YOU WERE MINE


WINTER STAR

WINTER STAR


DEADLY BETRAYAL

DEADLY BETRAYAL


A Cry in the Dark

A Cry in the Dark


VINTER HEART

VINTER HEART


PLAYING WITH FIRE

PLAYING WITH FIRE


All You Wish For

All You Wish For


Summer Night

Summer Night

 

The Death Always Speaks the Truth

The Death Always Speaks the Truth

 

For the Ones I Love

For the Ones I Love

 

BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR

BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR

Feel Good fiction
An Unexpected Love Story

An Unexpected Love Story

 

Partners Out of Step

Partners Out of Step

 

Mothers-in-Law Unlimited

Mothers-in-Law Unlimited

 

The Goddess of Faith at Salon d'Amour

The Goddess of Faith at Salon d’Amour

Children's fiction - The Twin Detective series

THE SILVER COIN


THE PRISON CAVE

Children's fiction - The Emil Wern series

EMIL WERN AND THE GOTLANDS MYSTERIES 2


APRIL, APRIL

APRIL, APRIL


The Villian Photographer

The Villian Photographer


THE GOTLAND MYSTERIES

THE GOTLAND MYSTERIES


WORLD RECORD AT CHRSTMAS


THE WORST THEIF


THE GOLD RING MYSTERY


THE BICYCLE THEIF


THE LOTTERY SCAM


THE CAT THEIF


MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE


THE MAIL THEIF


THE CHRISTMAS THEIF


BROTHER GONE MISSING


FOUL PLAY


THE PIRATE ISLAND


THE HAUNTED HOUSE


THE SHIP MYSTERY


THE PICKPOCKETS


THE ILLEGAL WASTE


THE KNIGHTS JOUSTING


THE CLASS FUND


THE SILVER TREASURE


THE BANK ROBBERY

Rights and Awards

Rights for adult fiction

Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
UK
USA

Rights for children’s fiction

Denmark
Finland
Norway
Poland
Sweden

Film Rights

The Maria Wern series: Warner Brother Nordic, Sweden

Awards & nominations

2024 – Nominated for the Swedish Storytel Audio Awards for Swift Wings of Death
2024 – Nominated for the Adlibris Award Finland for Puppet on a String
2023 – Awarded the Norstedtaren for Talking to the Dead
2023 – Awarded the Norstedtaren for Bad Dreams
2023 – Nominated for the Adlibris Award for Swift Wings of Death
2023 – Nominated for the Swedish Storytel Audio Awards (two titles)
2022 – Awarded the Norstedtaren for The Watchmen of Gallow Hills
2022 – Awarded the Norstedtaren for Puppet on a String
2022 – Nominated for the Swedish Storytel Audio Award (2 titles)
2022 – Nominated for the Danish Audio Award
2021 – Awarded the Norstedtaren for The Shadow Behind You
2021 – Awarded the Norstedtaren for The Death List
2021 – Honorary Award at CrimeTime
2020 – Winner of The Culture Prize in Memory of Hjalmar Bergman
2018 – Nominated for The Swedish Audio Award (2 titles)
2018 – Nominated for the Crimetime Award
2017 – Nominated for The Swedish Audio Award (2 titles)
2006 – Nominated for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel)

Anna Jansson was born and raised in Visby and now lives in Örebro with her family. Before becoming a full-time writer, Anna worked as a nurse for many years. This has inspired her to write about people’s relationships with life and death, and she always adds ethical dilemmas to her stories.

Anna Jansson is one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers. Since her debut with The Speechless God in 2000, her novels about the energetic and good-hearted police inspector Maria Wern have sold over 5 million copies and been translated into twenty languages. The film and TV series, starring acclaimed Swedish actress Eva Röse, has been a success in Sweden and Germany and has been broadcast in over 60 countries. In 2022, the ninth season of the TV series started filming.

In 2019, Anna Jansson turned to her second hometown, Örebro, and started a new series, which runs parallel to Maria Wern. Daughter Missing is the first book in the Kristoffer Bark series, where readers get to know a new colourful team in the police department investigating cold cases. Each with their own history, weakness and strengths. The Shadow Behind You is the second book and is a story about power and manipulation, fear and inadequacy. A frightening depiction of how a perfectly functioning life can be torn into pieces. The third book in the Kristoffer Bark series, Puppet on a String, is a detective story that spans four generations of women. It is also a love story set in the shadow of the Västra Marks mental hospital that operated from 1930 to its closure in the 1980s.

Örebro is an entirely different setting from the sunny Gotland we find in the Maria Wern books. However, readers will recognise Anna Jansson’s talent for mastering hair-raising crime and her beloved characters’ inner lives. The Kristoffer Bark series is a bit darker in tone but be sure her trademark is still there – Anna Jansson cares and takes care of her characters, and she’s a fantastic storyteller.

With the charming stories of warm-hearted hairdresser and matchmaker Angelika Lagermark, also known as The Goddess of Fate, Anna Jansson also entertains readers in the feel-good genre while writing about life and death, love and the longing for love.

For younger readers, Anna Jansson has created a children’s book series about the son of Maria Wern, 11-year-old Emil Wern, who started his own detective agency and solves mysteries.

 

Anna Jansson’s web

Bibliography crime fiction

Kristoffer Bark series

2023 – May Eternity Forgive (Må evigheten förlåta), crime novel
2022 – Talking to the Dead (Tala med de döda), crime novel
2021 – Puppet on a String (Dansa min docka), crime novel
2020 – The Shadow Behind You (Skuggan bakom dig), crime novel
2019 – Daughter Missing (Dotter saknad), crime novel

Maria Wern series

2024 – Victims of the Unknown (Till offer åt de okända), crime novel
2023 – Swift Wings of Death (Dödens snabba vingar), crime novel
2022 – Bad Dreams (Onda drömmar), crime novel
2021 – The Watchmen of Gallows Hill (Galgbergets väktare), crime novel
2020 – The Death List (Dödslistan), crime novel
2019 – My Heart is Yours (Mitt hjärta är ditt), crime novel
2018 – Woman on the Bench (Kvinnan på bänken), crime novel
2017 – What You Do Not Know (Det du inte vet), crime novel
2016 – Prisoners of Fear (Rädslans fångar), crime novel
2015 – Everyone Can See You (Alla kan se dig), crime novel
2014 – Child of the Shadows (Skymningens barfotabarn), crime novel
2013 – A Dance on Glowing Embers (Dans på glödande kol), crime novel
2012 – When Beauty Came to Town (När skönheten kom till Bro), crime novel
2011 – The Eternal Flame of Alchemy (Alkemins eviga eld), crime novel
2010 – Killer’s Island (Drömmen förde dig vilse), crime novel
2009 – Not Until the Giver is Dead (Först när givaren är död), crime novel
2008 – Not Even the Past (Inte ens det förflutna), crime novel
2007 – Boy Missing (Pojke försvunnen), crime novel
2006 – Strange Bird (Främmande fågel), crime novel
2005 – Black Butterfly (Svart fjäril), crime novel
2004 – Dreams from Snow (Drömmar ur snö), crime novel
2003 – The Silver Crown (Silverkronan), crime novel
2002 – May Death Sleep (Må döden sova), crime novel
2001 – All the Tranquil Dead (Alla de stillsamma döda), crime novel
2000 – The Speechless God (Stum sitter guden), crime novel

Bibliography audio/digital

2023 – Winter Moon (Vintermåne), Maria Wern crime audio
2023 – You Were Mine (Du som var min), Maria Wern crime audio
2023 – Winter Star (Vinterstjärna), Maria Wern crime audio
2022 – Deadly Betrayal (Dödligt svek), Maria Wern crime audio
2021 – Winter Heart (Vinterhjärta), Maria Wern crime audio
2021 – A Cry in the Dark (Rop ur mörkret), Maria Wern crime audio
2020 – Playing With Fire (Leka med elden), Maria Wern crime audio
2019 – All You Wish For (Allt du önskar kan du få), Maria Wern crime audio
2019 – Summer Night (Sommarnatt), Maria Wern crime audio
2018 – Death Always Speaks the Truth (Döden är alltid sann), Maria Wern crime audio
2018 – For the Ones I Love (För dem jag älskar), crime audio
2017 – Blood on the Dance Floor (Blod på dansbanan), crime audio (Maria Wern)

Bibliography feel good fiction

2018 – An Unexpected Love Story (En otippad kärlekshistoria), feel good novel
2017 – Partners Out of Step (Kärleksdans i obalans), feel good novel
2016 – Mothers-In-Law Unlimited (Svärmödrar utan gränser), feel-good novel
2014 – The Goddess of Fate at Salon d’Amour (Ödesgudinnan), feel-good novel

Bibliography other fiction

2010 – Drama Queens. In a Life Close to You (Drama Queens. I ett liv nära dig), short novel collection.

Bibliography YA and children fiction

Emil Wern series

2024 – Emil Wern and the Gotland mysteries (Emil Wern och Gotlandsmysterierna), children’s detective novel
2023 – April, April (April, april), children’s detective novel
2022 – Emil Wern and the Gotland mysteries (Emil Wern och Gotlandsmysterierna), children’s detective novel
2022 – The Villian Photographer (Skurkfotografen), children’s detective novel
2021 – World Record at Christmas (Världsrekord i jul), children’s detective novel
2021 – The Worst Thief (Värsta tjuven), children’s detective novel
2020 – The Gold Ring Mystery (Guldringens gåta), children’s detective novel
2019 – The Bicycle Thief (Cykeltjuven), children’s detective novel
2018 – The Lottery Scam (Lotterifusket), children’s detective novel
2017 – 1Cat Thief (Kattjuven), children’s detective novel
2016 – Mysterious Messages (Mystiska meddelanden), children’s detective novel
2015 – The Mail Thief (Brevtjuven), children’s detective novel
2014 – The Christmas Thief (Julklappstjuven), children’s detective novel
2014 – Brother Gone Missing (Lillebror försvunnen), children’s detective novel
2013 – Foul Play (Falskt spel), children’s detective novel
2013 – The Pirate Island (Piratens ö), children’s detective novel
2012 – The Haunted House (Spökhuset), children’s detective novel
2012 – The Ship Mystery (Skeppets gåta), children’s detective novel
2011 – The Pickpocket (Ficktjuven), children’s detective novel
2011 – Illegal Waste (Förbjudna sopor), children’s detective novel
2010 – The Bank Robbery (Bankrånet), children’s detective novel
2010 – The Silver Treasure (Silverskatten), children’s detective novel
2010 – The Class Fund (Klasskassan), children’s detective novel
2010 – The Knights Jousting (Riddarnas kamp), children’s detective novel

The Twin Detectives series

2024 – The Prison Cave (Fängelsegrottan), children’s detective novel
2024 – The Silver Coins (Silvermynten), children’s detective novel

Author photo

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