Camilla Läckberg
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Camilla Läckberg at the 2011 Göteborg Book Fair.
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August 30, 1974 Fjällbacka, Västra Götaland County, Sweden |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
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Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg Eriksson (born August 30, 1974) is a Swedish crime writer. Her work has been translated into at least 25 languages.
Läckberg considers herself a crime writing dilettante since discovering such literature on her father's bookshelf at a young age. It has remained a fascination for her ever since. Läckberg's books have received special praise for detail and "in-depth characterization". Läckberg – sometimes called the Swedish Agatha Christie – became a writer after her husband and parents enrolled her in a creative writing course as a Christmas present. She describes herself as a visual writer: "For me actually, specific images – snapshots – come first, and then the story starts to come together from those bits and pieces. I am very visual when I write, I 'see' the story in pictures and writing a book is like having a movie running in my head 24/7."
Läckberg was born in Fjällbacka, Bohuslän, and started writing at an early age. Her earliest work was called "Tomten". After graduating from Gothenburg University with a degree in Economics, she moved to , where she worked as an economist before beginning writing fiction seriously. She is a business partner in a jewelry company called Sahara Silver Jewelry AB. Hong Kong maternity fashion company Sono Vaso launched in Europe with the then-pregnant author endorsing.
Läckberg first married Micke Eriksson; they divorced in 2007. Under Swedish law, as Läckberg's ex-husband, Eriksson was entitled to half the revenue from the contracts signed during their marriage. Eventually it was agreed that she would pay him a lump sum.
Läckberg was married for the second time in 2010, to Martin Melin, winner of Expedition Robinson. The two had met at a 2005 release party for one of her books, then began a working relationship. Melin proposed to Läckberg in August 2009.
In 2015, she was engaged to Simon Sköld, MMA fighter and model.
Camilla Läckberg has four children: Wille and Meja from her first marriage, Charlie from her second, and Polly is from her relationship with Sköld. Charlie is also the subject of Läckbergs first children's book, Super-Charlie.
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