ANNA JANSSON

High excitement and ethical dilemmas

Crime fiction - Kristoffer Bark series

TALKING TO THE DEAD

Puppet on a String

THE SHADOW BEHIND YOU

Daughter Missing

Crime fiction - Maria Wern series

Bad Dreams

The Watchmen of Gallows Hill

The Death List

My Heart Is Yours

Woman on the Bench

What You Do Not Know

Prisoners of Fear

Everyone Can See You

Child of the Shadows

A Dance on Glowing Embers

When Beauty Came to Town

The Eternal Flame of Alchemy

Killer’s Island

Not Until the Giver is Dead

Not Even the Past

Boy Missing

Strange Bird

Black Butterfly

Dreams of Snow

The Silver Crown

May Death Sleep

All the Tranquil Dead

The Speechless God

AUDIO/DIGITAL

WINTER STAR

DEADLY BETRAYAL

A Cry in the Dark

VINTER HEART

PLAYING WITH FIRE

All You Wish For

Summer Night

The Death Always Speaks the Truth

For the Ones I Love

BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR

Feel Good fiction

An Unexpected Love Story

Partners Out of Step

Mothers-in-Law Unlimited

The Goddess of Faith at Salon d’Amour

Children's fiction

THE GOTLAND MYSTERIES

World Record at Christmas

THE WORST THIEF

THE GOLD RING MYSTERY

THE BICYCLE THIEF

The Lottery Scam

The Cat Thief

Mysterious Messages

The Mail Thief

The Christmas Thief

Brother Gone Missing

Foul Play

The Pirate Island

The Haunted House

The Ship Mystery

The Pickpocket

Forbidden Garbage

The Knights’ Jousting

The Class Fund

The Silver Treasure

The Bank Robbery

Rights and Awards

Rights for adult fiction

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

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 – 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 Jansson 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 will start 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. The 20th book in the series was recently celebrated.

Anna Jansson’s web

Bibliography crime fiction

Kristoffer Bark series

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

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

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

2022 – Emil Wern and the Gotland mysteries (Emil Wern och Gotlandsmysterierna), 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

Reader’s comments

“A book you are hooked at from chapter one, written with humor, accuracy and the final is unexpected, a really good book!”

“Dear Mrs Jansson, I am writing to you to let you know how much I enjoy every single book written by you that I’ve read. I have always liked this kind of literature, and that is the reason because I bought all the collection written by the great Agatha Christie (translated into Spanish), and I have to confess that after reading yours, I have enjoyed them as much as the ones by Christie! In some ways they are quite similar! That must be a great honour for you, as it means you have a wonderful talent! Indeed, that’s right!”

“I think the book was good because it was a lot of excitement and I could not stop reading.” / Emil Wern reader

“It was like many mysteries in one. When are we reading the next book in the series?” / teacher who read The Mail Thief out loud in class

“It’s really a pleasure to meet Angelika again. It’s harmless, humoristic, a bit suspenseful and funny. And Anna Jansson is really good in building her characters.” / mother-in-law unlimited reader