Camilla Lackberg

Novelist

Birthday August 30, 1974

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Sweden

Age 49 years old

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About

Swedish crime novelist known for a collection of more than a dozen novels that have been translated into more than 25 languages around the world. Many of her works have also been translated for the screen, producing the television series Fjällbackamorden and the film The Hidden Child.

Before Fame

She fell in love with writing and reading at a young age after she began invading her father's bookshelf. However, it wasn't until her husband and parents gifted her a creative writing course that she began penning her novels.

Trivia

In 2011, she released her first children's novel Super Charlie whose title character was named for her son.

Family Life

She and her ex-husband Micke Eriksson divorced in 2007. She then married author Martin Melin in 2010 whom she later also divorced. In 2015, she became engaged to MMA fighter Simon Sköld. Altogether, she has four children, Willie, Meja, Charlie, and Polly.

Associated With

The 2013 adaptation of her novel The Hidden Child starred Claudia Galli as Erica Falck.