AXEL HELLBY
Rights and awards
Rights
Sweden
Axel Hellby is the head teacher of the creative writing course at Åsa Folkhögskola, and has previously been editor-in-chief of cultural magazine Trakten and translated plays into Swedish. He is the author of nine crime novels. Now, he is embarking on a breakout literary project in a new genre.
Having previously worked in a variety of jobs such as a Swedish teacher, DJ, warehouse worker and dishwasher, as well as lived in both remote villages and major cities, Axel draws on a wide range of environments and experiences in his writing. His work often blends darkness with humour, driven by a fascination with human relationships and a keen eye for injustice. Equally at home reading horror and science fiction as he is nature poetry, essays, and literary classics, he maintains a steadfast belief in the transformative power of literature.
After several years as a crime novelist, as well as having published several educational non-fiction titles, he is now writing a new literary fiction project in a different genre, his first with representation.
Bibliography crime
Robert Grima series
2026 – Stirrings in the Dark (Rörelser i mörkret), crime novel
2025 – The Burning Phoenix (Brinnande Fenix), crime novel
Frank Murke series
2025 – Fallen (Störtad), crime novel
2025 – Burned (Bränd), crime novel
2025 – Pinned Down (Fastnaglad), crime novel
2024 – Cut Off (Avskuren), crime novel
2024 – Wounded (Skadeskjuten), crime novel
The Dogtown series
2023 – Stories from Dogtown (Om man var en gädda, historier från Hundberget), short stories collection
2022 – Critical Mass (Kritisk massa), crime novel
2022 – Fractured (Sönderfall), crime novel
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