‘Midnight Sun’ No. 4 on Los Angeles Times bestseller list
Jo Nesbø’s novel Midnight Sun, the thrilling standalone tale about a hitman fleeing a vindictive crime lord, is No. 4 on Los Angeles Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction.
‘Those Who Failed’ No. 1 on the e-book list in Norway
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s Those Who Failed, the fifth installment in the Sebastian Bergman series, went straight to No. 1 on the Norwegian bestseller list for e-books upon being published.
Jo Nesbø awarded with the Riverton Honor Prize
Jo Nesbø has been awarded with the Riverton Honor Prize, the most prestigeous crime writing award in Norway. Previous recipients include Maj Sjöwall and Henning Mankell.
Fredrik Backman No. 6 on New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s internationally bestselling novel, A Man Called Ove, has gone up to No. 6 on the New York Times Best Seller List in it’s 9th consecutive week.
‘A Man Called Ove’ No. 8 on The New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove is celebrating its eighth consecutive week on The New York Times Best Seller List, this week at No. 8.
‘A Man Called Ove’ seen by more than 1,5 million moviegoers
The success film adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s debut novel A Man Called Ove, has now been seen by over 1,5 million moviegoers in Sweden. This officially makes the film the most seen Swedish film since 1984, and the 5th most popular film in Swedish cinemas of all time.
700.000 copies of ‘The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep’ printed in Japan
Asukashinsha co., the Japanese publisher of Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s internationally best selling The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep, has announced that they have now printed 700.000 copies of the book.
The Wall Street Journal lists ‘The Crow Girl’ as one of 2016’s Five Killer Books
Author duo Erik Axl Sund’s The Crow Girl has been hand-picked by The Wall Street Journal as one of five books predicted to become the world’s biggest thriller of 2016. Set to be published June 14 in the US and April 4 in the UK, the novel will consist of all three books in the Victoria Bergman trilogy.
‘Midnight Sun’ and ‘Three Seconds’ still No. 1 and No. 2 in Iceland
Jo Nesbø’s standalone thriller Midnight Sun and Roslund & Hellström’s international bestseller Three Seconds is No. 1 and No. 2 respectively on the Icelandic bestseller list for the third consecutive week.
Janusz Kaminiski to direct ’The Postcard Killings’
Two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer and frequent Steven Spielberg collaborator Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, Bridge Of Spies) will direct crime thriller The Postcard Killings, based on Liza Marklund and James Patterson’s 2010 crime novel The Postcard Killers. Liza Marklund and Tove Alsterdal penned the screenplay and the film will shoot in New York, Munich, Stockholm, northern Sweden and possibly Norway.