Mikael Niemi was born in 1959 and grew up in the town of Pajala in the northern part of Sweden, the town which provides the setting for 'Popular Music'. He is an established Swedish children's author, playwright and poet.
Henning Mankellrsquo;snovels have been translated into forty languages and have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. He is the first winner of the Ripper Award and has also received the Glass Key and Golden Dagger awards. His Wallander mysteries were adapted into a PBS series starring Kenneth Branagh. Mankell divides his time between Sweden and Mozambique. From the Hardcover edition.