
Sample of authors
Lewis, Mary
Writing as Christianna Brand, Mary Lewis, born Mary Christianna Milne, was one of Britain’s foremost crime writers and children’s books authors of the second half of the 20th century, but she had a reputation for unpredictability. In the 1950s, for example, she suddenly took a ten-year break from writing crime novels in order to focus on short stories and children’s books.
Mary Milne was born in...

Theme article
Den svenska kriminallitteraturens historia
By: Johan Wopenka
” … vill man söka den svenska kriminallitteraturens rötter och ursprung får man främst vända sig till de s.k. sensationsromaner som publicerades under sista halvan av 1800-talet och något decennium in på följande sekel. --- ”
Utökad och uppdaterad i augusti 2022